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CONTENTS 



PART I. 

I. Historical Sketch of Ellis County. 

II. General Description of the County and Towns. 

III. List of County and Precinct Officers. 
IV Complete Court Calendar. 

V. Official Vote of County, November 2, 1880. 

VI. Opportunities to Capitalists and Immigrants. 

VII. Business Directory of Ennis, Waxahachie and other Towns. 



PART 11. 

I. Complete Almanac for 1881 — 13 Pages — {Illustrated.) 

II. What has Happened since 1840. 
ILL Article on Sea Coast Superstitions. 

IV. Cultivate our Talent. 

V. Population of the World. 

VI. Something About Water Spouts.— (Illustrated.) 

VII. Two Essays— "Lover of his Mother" and "Life Thoughts." 

VIII. Artie Explorations. — (Beautifully Illustrated.) 

XI. Numerous other Sketches, Facts and Fancies, with Ten 
Fine Engravings — (Neatly Printed in Pamphlet form.) 

J. L. CHEEK, BASCOMB McDANIEL, 

Ennis. Waxahachie. 

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P REFACE . 

ULTUM IN PARVO, or in plain English, "Much 
in Little, ' has been the Motto •)!* the author 
of this little Booli in its entire preparation, as 
well as a desire to present to the people of EHis 
«ouiity such historical facts, official data, statis- 
tics, and present business status of all her cities and towns, as 
its citizens will find interesting and useful during the coming 
year. Likewise, to present to the outside world, collated 
evidence, in a convenient form, that our county is no longer 
on the Texas frontier, but the center of an intelligent, pop- 
ulous, growing and rapidly developing portion of the State ; 
with railroad, educational and religi 'US advantages; and as 
good, if not the best agricultural section to be found in our 
•*Lone Star State." 

In the hurry of preparation and printing, there are doubt- 
less many interesting historical facts in reference to the early 
history of the county which, had time been allowed the writer 
to collect them, would have found a place in this edition. 
The writer desires to say that during the coming year he hopes 
to gather together all such omissions from the present edition, 
for the Year Book for 1882; correct such errors, and make 
such improvement as a just criticism of his fellow-citizens seems 
to dictate^ and the patronage given the pablisUer will justify. 

Kind reader, after you have perused the contents of this 
little Book, HANG IT UP in your office*, store, shop, or in a con- 
venient place in your dwelling, for future reference during the 
year, and should its pages furnish you with a convenience and 
sometimes a necessity, the author will have accomplished his 
aim and the publisher a good work for the people. 
Very Truly, 

S. H. SAYER. 
Ei^fjj», Dec. 25, 1880. 




HI STORICA L. 

^LLIS COUNTY was created by an Act of the Texas 
Legislature, dated December 20tb, 1849. By this 

p Act M. T. F. Flaherty, Norman Whittenberg, 

^jvJ,^^^^ Younger, William Downing, James E. Patton, 
? ^S^*^ James Jackson, W. L. Mitchell and B. F. Hawkins 
were appointed Commissioners, to locate county site and or- 
ganize the county, of whom only B. F. Hawkins is now living. 

The first election was held on the first Monday in August, 
1850, at which the following officers were elected : William 
Hawkins, Chief Justice; C. H. Barker, District Clerk; B. F» 
Hawkins, County Clerk; W. H. H. Bradford, Sheriff; E. W. 
Rogers, County Treasurer; R. M. Barry, Assessor and Collect- 
or; Wm. Irwin, W.T. Patton, Henry Trimble and G. C. Parks, 
Justices of the Peace; J. E. Prince and W. B. Brooks, .Con- 
stables; Larkin Newton, Henry Trimble, Jas. S. Berry and 
Thomas Herron, County Commissioners. 

The first term of the Commissioners' Court was held at the 
residence of E. W. Rogers (then the only house in Waxahachie) 
on the 19th day of August, 1850, at which the following officers 
were present : 

Wm. Hawkins, Chief Justice; Larkin Newton, Henry Trimble 
and J. S. Berry, County Commissioners; B. F. Hawkins, Coun- 
ty Clerk; W. H. H. Bradford, Sheriff. 

The first term of the District Court was held October 28th, 
1850. Hon. O. M. Roberts, Judge of said Court by exchange, 
(Barnett H. Martin, being the Judge elected of the old 9th 
Judicial District) ; Nat M. Burford, (now of Dallas), District 
Attorney; C. H. Barker, Clerk, by B. F. Hawkins, Deputy; W. 
H. H. Bradford, Sheriff 

The first court house was constructed of cedar logs, 16x18 
feet; 9 feet high and built by Joseph N. Whittenbery, in Oct., 
1850, at a cost of $59.00, with a dirt floor. The second court 
house was a frame building, 24x36 feet; two stories high. The 



upper story being used for court-room; the lower story cut 
up into four rooms for offices. It was built by D. P. Fearis, 
for the sum of $1,999.00, and was completed in the spring of 
1854, and was said by Hon. John H. Reagan, then the District 
Judge, to be the finest court house in the old 9th District. 
The third, our present beautiful and substantial stone court 
house, was commenced in 1870 and completed in 1871, at a 
cost of something over $40,000. All were built at Waxahachie. 

The first jail was built of logs, in 1855; cost $1150, by Thos. 
Herron. 

There were no Deeds recorded in 1850. Ten however, were 
filed for Record, but there was no record Book at that time. 
The first deed was i*ecorded January 7, 1851. It was from 
William Boatright to Austin Punderson for seven hundred 
and forty six acres out of two-thirds of a League and Labor 
granted by the State of Texas to Mr. Boatright, by letters 
Patent No. 155, Vol. 8, dated October 28th, 1848; situated in 
Robertson District, Navarro county. (This county was then 
in the limits or territory of Navarro Co. ) on the head waters 
of the south prong of Chamberg creek, about 43 miles W. 
by N. from Corsicana. Date of said Deed, June 22, 1850; 
consideration paid, Two Hundred Dollars. 

The number of votes polled at the first election, 1st Monday 
in August, 1850, was 96. 

The following are the names of persons still living in the 
county who were in the county and participated in the first 
election : 

R. F. Mayfield Residence on Waxahachie creek. 

R. A. Lemmons " " Bear " 

Joseph Bell " " Brushy 

E.G. Newton " at Ovilla 

J. P. Laughlin " on Red Oak, Ovilla. 

Nathan BilUngsly " " Onion creek. 

Jordan Ponas ** at Ovilla 

Shadrick Ponas " on Long Branch. 

J. H. Witherspoon " '* Waxahachie creek 



Jas. L. Kelley Residence on Waxahaehie creek 

Jobu B. Garvin ' " " " 

M. T. Hawkins 

Chs. H. B.rkHr ..... ... 

J. H. Siny^leroQ 

Thos. Smith 

W. R. Herroa... 

Josbua Brock . ..... .... 

Lafayette Brock 

C. C. Pearson 

Robert Smith 

J. E. Priuce 

B. F. Hawkins 



at Lebanon 

" Mammoth Spring 
near Ennis 
on Village creek 
near Bristol 



" at Palmer 

" near Waxahaehie 

•' at Waxahaehie 

The above list does not pretend to embrace all — some names 
may have beeu omitted, as this is given only from memory, by 
B. P. Hawkins, our present efficient County Clerk, to whom 
we are indebted for most of the data given in this sketch. 

Regarding the number of men furnished by Ellis county in 
the late war, there is no data at hand to which reference can 
be had. There were seven companies in the service raised in 
whole or in part from the county, all of whom did gallant 
service in the cause they deemed just. 

The following geutlemen were originally in command of said 
companies, and some continued in command through the war : 
One Company, W. J. Stokes, Captain. 
J. C. Brown 
W.G. Veal 
W. W. Parks 
" " Car. Forrest 

" " A. Bradshaw 

" " Frank Farrar 



C. L. EDWARDS, 

Waxahachie 



J. R. McMULLAN 

Ennis. 



Edwards & MgMullan, 

ATTORJ^EYS AT LAW, 

ENNIS AND WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 

Will practice in the Courts of Ellis county, and in the 
Supreme and Federal Courts of the State. 






DE SCRI PTIVE. 

LLIS COUNTY, geographically considered, ie one 

of the most southerly counties of Noi'thern Texas^ 

J^' bounded on the north and northwest by Dallas 



■^1 ^^.'^y^^ind Tarravit; on the east an^^'^northeast by Hen- 
i ^^'^ derson and Kaufman, (separated by Trinity river 
from the two latter counties); on the south and southeast by 
Navarro; on the west and southwest by Johnson and Hill; is 
for the most part a prairie couaty and probably the best agri- 
cultural section in the State — all things considered — and has 
less waste land- in proportion to area. It contains nearly 
600^tX)0 acres — over D'OO square miles in area; has two live 
and growing cities — Eanis and Waxahachie;*three other rail- 
road towns — Ferris, Palmer and Garrett; besides, the post- 
office towns of ^tilford, Ovilla, Red Oak, Bristol, Mountain 
Peak, Cross Timbers, Chambers Creek, Barker, Auburn and 
Astoria; and according to the United States census xjf 1880, 
has a population of 22,115. 

RAILROAD FACILITIES. 
The Houston & Texas Central Railway passes through the 
cotinty ivom northvto souths eight to ten miles from its eastern 
boundary. The Waxahachie T; p Railroad, completed last 
year, commences at the county seat, runs east twelve miles, 
and forms a junction with the Central, at Garrett^ Station, 
three miles north of Ennis. 

AYAimRSIIlfLT. 
The county is wateredjprincipally by Chambers, Waxahachie, 
Red Oak, Grove, Onion, Village and Walker creeks, nrarly all 
of which run across the county diaij-onally, in a southeasterly 
course, and empty into the Trinity river, which forms its 
eastern boundary — a sluggish, crooked and muddy stream, 
with a channe^Jfrom two to three hundred feet wide, and a 
bottom or valley from one to live miles wide, covered with 
timber of various kinds, and subject to overflow. 



We liave some fiue springs in the county, but none of suffi- 
cient capacity for manufacturing purposes, except on a small 
scale. Water for family use, is obtained by digging or boring 
wells from ten to fifty fe*et|deep, and is principally lime — but 
the best water is secured by building cisterns. For stock and 
generating steam, artiticial ponds or[.tanks are made available 
at a cost of from $50 to $200. 

TEMPERATURE. 
The maximum temperature for July, (our warmest month) 
in 1880, was 98 degrees, the minimum 70 decrees; average 
84 degrees. 

The highest point reached by the thermometer in 1879 was 
105 degrees; the lowest, 18 degrees. The maximum temper- 
ature for 1880, was 98 degrees, the lowest 14 degrees. 
OUR TIMBER SUPPLY 
Consists of various kinds of oak, some hackberry. ash. red 
and white elm, pecan, walnut, chittem or gum elastic, honey 
locast, wild china, box elder, red haw and black-jack, on 
Trinity River, Chimbers, Waxahachie, lied Oak and other 
creeks, with some cedar and bois d' arc. 

For building and fence purposes we depend principally on 
getting oar supply from the immense pineries of Eastern Tex- 
as, at a cost laid down to consumers here, of from $18 to $24 
per thousand feet. 

OUR BEST FENCING 

Is constructed of post-oak, cedar and bois d' arc posts, with 
two plank (six inches wide,) and one wire to the pannel — 
where hogs are kept up; or four pine plank and one wire 
where hogs and sheep are allowed to run at large. 

About eight or ten years ago, before railroads placed us in 
easy access to Eastern Texas for our supply of pine lumber, 
many hundred mil<^s of Osage orange or bois d' arc hedges 
were planted; nearly all grew finely — and when kept pruned 
and properly looked after, adds a pleasing feature to our land- 
scape — the best and most lasting fences in the county. 

Barbed wire ((.ncing, however, is now taking the preference, 
as being the most economical, the easiest constructed, and 
alfording better protection against stock. 



PRODUCTIONS AND RESOURCES. 

Oar crops are priucipally cottoD, wheat, corn, oats, sorghum, 
sweet potatoes atid irarilen vegetables, with some fruit. An 
average crop of wheat is from 12 to 20 bushels to the acre, 
according to the season — some of our best farmers raising as 
liigh as 35 bushels per acre. Cotton, the chief crop, yields 
from one-fourth to a bale (500 pounds) to the acre; oats from 
30 to 75 bushels; corn from 30 to 60 bushels. The native 
prairie grasses furnish the main dependence for hay, al- 
though ^Yithin the past few years, millet> Hungarian grass and 
sorghum have been raised quite extensively for the fodder of 
stock and horses; yielding from one-fourth to a ton per acre — 
the latter afiording three crops in a single season, from one 
sowing — the first crop being worked-up into syrup, yielding 
from 50 to 300 gallons to the acre, worth 50 cents a gallon. 

Cotton brings from ^-30 to $G0 per bale, according to the 
quality of staple, demand abroad, etc.; wheat averages $1 
■per bushel; oats, 40 cents; corn, 50 cents; sorghum 50 cents 
per gall )n; sweet potatoes, 50 cents; millet and Hungarian 
grass seed $1 to $1 50; hay from $5 to $20 per ton, accord- 
ing to demand and supply. 

Our chief resources are in our soil and the enterprise, 
bone and muscle of our husbandmen; two banking institu- 
tions — one at Ennis and the other at the county seat; in the 
development and improvement of hundreds of new farms; in- 
vestments in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, stock- 
raising, etc. 



H^ I. PITTMAN, DEALER IN 
J. GOLD J.JVD SILVER WMTCHES, 

Clocks, Ladies' chains, jewelry of all kinds. Musical Instru- 
ments., etc. Repairing done in all its branches and warrant- 
ed. Cash paid for old Gold. fi^^Don't forget the place, 
WEST AVENUE, - - ENNIS, - - TEXAS. 



OFFICERS . 

LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, COUNTY AND PEECINCT. 

State Senator — Anson iiaiiie}? Waxahacbie. 

Kepeesentative— G. R. Gibson Waxahacbie. 

District Judge — Geo. N. Aldredge Dallas. 

GouNTY Judge — Albert Langley Waxahacbie. 

GouNTY Attorney— N. J. Nash Waxahacbie. 

GouNTY Gleek — B. F. Hawkins Waxahacbie. 

District Glerk— J. S. Haues Waxahacbie. 

Assessor — James E. Smith Waxahacbie. 

Sheriff— W. D, Eyburn Waxahacbie. 

Tax Gollector — W. J. F. Eoss Waxahacbie. 

County Treasurer— S. A. Clift .Waxahacbie. 

GouNTY Surveyor— G. G. Gibbons . . , Red Oak. 

GouNTY Commissioners— Albert Langley, County Judge, ex- 

officio presiding officer; Precinct No. 1, J. W. Gouch, Red 

Oak; Precinct No. 2, Gr. G. Kigginbotham, Ennis; No. 3, 

G. J. Harris, Waxahacbie; No. 4, P. W. Lowe, AVaxahachie. 

Precinct Officers. 

Justice Precinct No. 1-0. E. DanLip, Justice, Waxahacbie; 
A. V. Partain, Constable. No. 2, N. D. CoHins, Justice; 

Constable, Hardin. No. 3, T. B. Gbalmers, Justice, 

Ennis; Gadi ilnklea, constable. No. 4— J. P. Cooper, Justice, 
Milford; R. E. Wilson, constable. No. 5-G. J. Harris, Justice; 

Berry, constable. No. 6— P. W. Lowe, Justice; Hawkins, 

constable. No. 7— J. M. Lancaster, 'Justice; Hardesty, 

constable. 



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OUR COURTS. 

The several courts of the county are held as follows : 

DisTKicT CouuT, 1st Monday in September a»ci February. 

County Criminal Court, lat Monday in each month; but at 
present, by onseut, business is transacted and a jury sum- 
moned only every other month, to wit : February, April, June, 
August, October and December. 

County Civil and Probate Courts, 3d Monday in January, 
MarcL, May, July, September and ^ovembor. 

County Commission kks' Court, 2d Monday in February, Mny, 
August and November. 

Justice Court,— Precinct No. 3. (Eunis) T. B. Chalmers, 
Justice; holds ourt the 4th Monday iu each month. 

AXAHACHIE ENTERPRISE, 

PUBLISHED EYERY FRIDAY, AT 

WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS CO., TEXAS. 




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TEUiWS ....$»^ 00 Per Aiiimiii. 



The EN"TERPfti3£ is a large eight column paper; was estab- 
lished in 1874, is Democratic in politics, has correspondents 
in different portions of the county, and is especially devoted 
to the interests of Ellis County. 

CIRCULATION^ 1200. 



O F F I G I AL VOT E— 1880. 

For President,' Governor, District Judgre, Congressman, Etc. 

Presidbntial. — Haocjck Electors, 3,lUl; Garlield, 370; 
Weaver, 350. 

Governor AND DiiTRicT JuDaE — 0. M. Roberts, (democrat) 
for Governor, 3,043; l7en. Vi. H. Haniuian, (greeubacker) 
446; E. J. Davis, (repiiblicau) 3G7. George N. Aldredgt' 
District Judge, (democrat) 3,G38 votes — no opposition. 

Congress. — Oiiii Wellborn, (democrat) 3,031; J. C. Kearby | 
(greeiibacker) 713. t 

Legislative- — Senator, xiuson Raiiiey, (democrat) 2,282; ' 
W. G. Vol), (Itidepeiiddiit) 1.431. R iiiiey's m ijority in the | 
county, «51; ni the district U03. C. R. Gibsou, foV Repre- 
sentative, 1,714; C. K. Goodwyn, 7G5 ; W. L. Towner, 257; 
B. D. Hmkle, 486; G. U. Cagle', 614. Gibson^s mcijority, 940. 

County and Precinct Officers. 

Albert Langley, f )r Cniiity Judge, 2,046; J. D. Templeton, 
1,712 Linr;hiy's majority, 274. B. F.Hawkins, for County 
Clerk, 3,745 — no opposition. J. S Haues, for District Clerk, 
3.GJ6 — no ooposition. S. A. Cliffc, for Conntv Treasurer. 
1.431; Q. A. 8weatt, 62G; A. Trippet; 1,177;" J. W. Cole- 
man, 362. Cliffs majority, 254. 

W. D. Rybuin, for sheriff. 2,468; S T. Bentley, 370; S. N. 
Curry, 957. Ryburn's majoritv, 1,511 

W J. F. Ross, for tax-collector, 1,771; J. M.Phillips, 
1,433; C H. Barker, 640. Ross' mHJority, 338 

C. C Gibbons, surveyor, 1,941, J. P. H. Nelson, 1,776. Gib- 
buns' majority, 175. 

J. E. ISmith, assessor, l,95r); S. O. Larche, 1,644; John M. 
Carson, 26 J. Smith's majority, 312. 

N. J. Nash, county attorney, 1684; M. B. Templeton, 1602; 
J. Ecn. Hiwkins, 678. Nasli' majority, 82. 

County Commissioners — Precinct No. 1 — J. W. Couch, 54(5; 
R. P. JM.ickay, 522. Couch's majority, 24. No. 2— G. G. 
Higrginbotham, 539; W. I. Coggins, 500. Higginbotham's 
majority, 39. No. 8— C. J. Harris, 458; E. M. Brack, 21H; J. 
P. Cooper, 77. Harris' majority, 240. No. 4— P. W. Liowe, 

257; J. M. Lancaster, 165; Sevier, 96, Lowe's ma- ( 

jority, 92. 



POST OFFICE TOWNS. 

Astoria. 

Ill the western part of tlie county, has ouo store, school of 
40 pupils fiTul tlirt-e chutcli organizitions. First house built 
by T. F. Alston in Sfpteujber, 1870. Raw prairie lands in 
the vicinity are worth from $3 to $5 per acre; irapioved $10 
to $25. AVater good and plentiful, timber abundant, and soil 
both bUck-waxy and sandy. |j| 

Auburn. j 

Located in the vrestern part of the county, has a population j 
of about 25!i; four church organizitions — Methodist, Christ- j 
lan, Cumberland Presbyterian and Baptist. First house erect- il 
ed in 18"»U. Has one store, one mill, one gin and a good 
school of 80 pupils. R iw prai»-ie lands in the vicinity are 
worth from $4 to $6 per acre; improved $8 to $12; town lots 
$25 to $50, Water good, timber plentiful and soil a sandy 
loam. 

Red Oak. 
Is situated in the northern part of the county, on a creek of 
the same name; has a population of upwards of fifty. The first 
house was erected in 1856, by I. P. and Elijah Jefferies. The 
Bells, Billings and Patons were among the first settlers in the 
neighborhood. The village contains three stores, a good school 
with 40 pupils; four church organizations; three cotton gins 
in the vicinity, which have ginned about 1,000 bales the past 
season. Raw prairie land is worth from $8 to $10 per acre; 
improved from $20 to $J0; town lots from $15 to $25. Water 
plenty and good; good supply of timber and soil black-waxy. 

Mountain Peak. 
in the northwestern part of the county has a population of 140; 
was named by Mr. G. J. Penn,the Postmaster at Waxahachie. 
First house built by Granville Pettes in January, 1875. Has 
Methodist and Baptist churches, three schools with 144 pupils, 
one store, a cotton gin which has ginned 175 bales this sea- 
son, and is located in what is termed the mountain district. 
Raw lands in the vicinity are worth from $5 to $7 per acre; 



C Q, CAREY, 

kJi Dealer in 

ROUGH AND DRESSED LUA(BER, 

Shingles J Doors, Sash and Blinds, Lime, 
Cement and Coal. 

ENNIS ELLIS COUI«3TY TEXAS 



L Mccarty, 

^^ . Real Estate and. Insuranee Agent, 

ENNIS, ELLIS COUNiY, TEX:\S. 
I'liproved and iiriiiuprovea lauds, Lots iu Enriis, Palmer, 
Ferns aud Hutcjius, lor sale, ut reiisoii ible fi^;ures. Special 
attentioQ given to the purchase and sale of lands iu this and 
;»djoiniu,af couuties. 

"'TrnoTCHKiss! 

iJ , COTTON GIN km CORN MILL, 

!Dealer im C0771 and Co?'n Meal, 

EAST AVENUE, ENNIS, TEXAS. 
East Side of the Riilr)ad, East Suburb of Town. 
Does a general Mdling and (jinning Biisiuess, and solicits 
the patronage of the Far-uiug Coai.uiiLaity and the Public 

Generally. 

7"ArB0ERNER, 

.^ I Headquarters For 

WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY &C, 

Invites the attention of all desiring Goods in his line to his 
Lirge Stock of Go'd and Silver Watches, Chains, Necklaces, 
Silverware, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. 

Repairing done and WfU'ranted. llenietnber the place, at 
Preuss' Drug Store, Main street, Ennis, Ellis county, Texas. 



improved $15 to $25; towa lots $20 to $30. Watered by Cham- 
bers creek, good wells aud line springs. Soil black-waxy. 

Ovilla. 
The town of Ovilia is beautifully situated on the bank of 
Red Oak creek, about 10 miles northwest from Waxahachie. 
It was first settled by James McNamara— at about the same 
time two other families settled near by. In 1844, an old pioner 
by tne name of Billingsley with several (relatives) families, 
settled in the vicinity, who were all depend-ent on the Red 
River counties for bread suppliee. In 1845, Col. J.E;Patton 
also settled in the neighborhood. The colonel was a man 
long aud favorably known by many, and to him the county of 
Ellis owes a debt of lasting gratitude for his many and valu- 
able services — especially in locating the county school lands 
of Ellis county, from which the county receives so large an 
amount of school funds. In 184G, the Rev. F. E. King, a 
Cumberland Presbyterian minister, emigrating to southern 
Texas, was induced by Col. Patton to locate in the neighbor- 
hood. Other emigrants came in and soon quite a settlement 
was formed — all of a peaceable, honest and moral character. 
In 1847, the Rev. F. E. King organized a congregation of 20 
members, the first church organization in a large extent of 
Country. Soon a rude log house was erected for the double 
purpose of lichool and church purposes. The Methodist cir- 
cuit rirfer did not fail to find the dim roadways leading through 
the country andiii connection with the Rev. Mr. King supplied 
the country with the gospel teachings. In 1855, the log 
house becoming too small, or rather the congregations to large; 
a neat frame house 30x40 feet was built aud used as a school 
and church. In 18G0 the present college building was erected 
in Ovilla. In 18^3 a new church house was erected 40xr)U 
feet and finished oflt' in good style. The above data is given 
by E. C. Newton, who emigrated to Ellis county in 1847. 

Ovilla has a population of 130; one church, two stores, two 
blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, a school of over lOO pu- 
pils, mill, cotton gin; and was very appropriately, named 
by Mrs. M. M. Malloy, from ''villa," a country seat. 

The Oyilla Institute, a chartered institution of lear«in 



r»> 



with S. Richards, President, is located here. It has an excel- 
lent corps of teachers, and over 100 pupils enrolled. 

The first house built in the place was erected by Rev. D. G. 
Malloy, in 1860. Land hereabouts is all under fence, and 
worth" from $15 to $25 per acre ; town lots, $25 to $50. Water 
good and abundant; timber plentiful; soil black- waxy. 

Cross Timbers. 

Although located by the United States postalj authorities, 
in Ellis county — is in reality just over the line, in Johnson; 
but was formerly in this county. It has two church organiza- 
tions, a gin and mill. The first house was built by Jack Ellis, 
in 1854, The place was named by Thomas Rea. Raw prairie 
land in the vicinity, is worth from $10 to $15 ^per acre; im- 
proved, $25 to $30. Water good and timber plenty. 

Bristol. 

Is located in the eastern part of the county, near the Trinity 
river; has a population of about 150; two stores, church, 
school house. Masonic hall, blacksmith shop, gin, grist mill, 
and three doctors. Over 700 bales of cotton ginned this year. 

Italy. 

In the southwestern part of the county, on Houston creek, 
has three churches, four stores, blacksmith shop, gin, and an 
excellent school — known as tho Houston Greek Institute. 

T. P. BRAGG. C. P. BRAGG. 

DRAGG BROTHERS, 

.J CARPE^J'TERS and BUILDERS, 

ENNIS, - - TEXAS. 

JB^^Give estimates for all kinds" of building. Jobbing at- 
tended to. Agents for Hartman's self-balanced window sash. 

^'ULIUS GLATZ, Carriage. " 

U WAGOJf and BUGGY SHOP, 

West Avenue, ENNIS, TEXAS. 
fi^-Plows repaired and all kinds of jobbing in wood-work 
done at the shortest notice. Place in rear of brick shop.. 



RAILROAD TOWNS, 



Ferris. 

Was named and laid-out by the Houston & Texas Central 
Railway, in honor of Judge J. W. Ferris, of Waxahachie. The 
lirst house in the town was built by Mr. N. J. Doty, in Febru- 
ary, 1874. It now has a population of about 300; twelve 
stores, church, (one of the fiaest in the countv;) two hotels 
a good school with about 150 pupils; and two cotton gins in 
the vicinity which ginned over 2,000 bales this season. 

Raw prairie lands in tlie vicinity are worth from $5 to $0 
per acre; improved from $20 to $50; town lots $75 to $150. 
Water, from cisterns, principally; timbernear by; soil black- 
wax}'. Many new settlers coming in. 

Palmer. 

Is located on the Houston & Texas Central Railway six 
miles north of Ennis; has five stores, two mills, two gins, 'one 
hotel, school of fifty pupils, four church denominations and 
a fioe new church. Mr. Stacks was the first settler in the 
neighborhood, where he located 25 years ago. The first 
house built in town was by Mr. R. H. Cook, in 1874. 

Over 800 bales of cotton have been ginned here the past 
season. Raw prairie land in the vicinity is worth from $5 to 
f^nA^^^T?/"^^' improved from $10 to $25; town lots $200 to 
?800. Water scarce in dry seasons— cisterns chief supply, 
limber plentiful; soil black-waxy. 
. Garrett. 

At the junction of the Waxahachie Tap Railroad with the 
Central; has several houses, a cotton gin, freight and passen- 
ger depot, with plenty of ground to spread out on. 

Qninlan. 

A new town and station just laid out, on the Houston & 
Texas Central Railway; five miles south of Eanis; the center 
of a thriving and growing Northern settlement; named after 
the General Superintendant of railroad; is to have a store, 
gin, depot, school and church built early this year. 



V D. BURNETT. 

-i-J. House, Sign S^ man leiital Paint er, 

GiiUNER AXD Paper Hanger, ENNIS, TEXAS. 

B^^Bui?gy Painting and Trimming a Specialty. 

Shop at DirrKi's old stand, on West Avenue. 



T 



OM CHANCELLOR & CO., 

Dealers in 

STAPLE AND FANCY 



DRY GOODS,! 

Motions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, 

Hats and Caps, China, Glass.. 

Wood^ and Willow Wares, 

Gj'oeeries, <&e,, dx. 

Will sell at bollo7n Jigures for Cas/i. 

ENNIS ELLIS COUNTY 5EXAS \ 

PRAIG & DUNKERLEY, 

\J Dealers in 

HARD-WARE, 

Stoves, Plows, Nails. 
Fence Wire &G. 

AGENTS FOR 

CHARTER OAK STOVES, 



Manufacturers of Sheet Iron, Copper and 
Tin Ware, and Guttering. 



EJ\'mS, - - - TEXAS, 



Milford. 

In the extrencre southwestern corner of the county; is one 
of the oldest towns within its borders; has a population of 
about 350, several churches, good school, eeven stores, hotel, 
gin and mill. 

Many miles of bois^d arc hedge fences beautify the lands- 
cape in this section. Improved lands are worth from $10 to 
$25 per acre; unimproved from $4 to $10; town lota from $25 
to $50. 

Chambers* Creek. 

In the south-western part of the county, on a creek of the 
same name, is in an old settled community; has several stores, 
school, church, gin, etc., with a population of ab*)ut 60, and 
has a fine farming section about it. 

Old Towns. 

The old town of Tkmco, on tlje Trinity, before the war and 
the building of the <'eutral railroad, cont lined five or six stores, 
hotel, wagon and blacksmith shops, a cotton factory, mill, eic, 
is now practically abandoned and has none of these establish- 
ments. 

The railroad likewise was a death blow to Burnham, and 
when it reached Ennis, her business men moved thereto. 



I 



C, TATE & CO. 

Ennis Ellis County j Texas. 

Funerals promptly attended. Caskets Colfins and Burial 
Shrouds furnished at reasonable rates. 



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T 



HE MAMMOTH STORE 

Kept hy 

F. A. GALLAGHER, 



IS THE PLACE TO PURCHASH 



Fresh FamilyGroceries, 

Pare Whiskies, Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. 
All (loods sold for CASH, and at the lowest living rates. — 
I am th;inkfal to a generous public for past favors, and re- 
spectfully solicit a continuance of the same. 



H^NNIS COMMERCIAL RECORDER 

J A neat and new seven column weelily 
paper, puhlished every Thursday\at ^2 00 
per year, by Albert U: Rust, 

A first-rate Job Office in connection. 
Office in Pittman Block, Ennis Texas. 



Gko. E. At.kxander. p. a. Jordan. 

A LEXANDER & JORDAN, 

XA. Dealers in 

STilPLE km FA\'CYGB0CERIES,PR0VIS10SS. 

Alabama Block, Main Street, Ennis, Texas. 
jB@^Bay Cotton, Hides, and Country Produce generally. 
All goods delivered m the city, free of charge. 

T~&T7cERFr ^ " 

AND PROVISIONS, Etc. 

Maix Street, - - Ennis, Texas 
JK^*Sell low for'cash, and always keep a nice fresh stock. — 
Call in and see xjs. We bay cx)tton and take country produce 
in exchange for goods in our line. 

A J. SOAPE, Manufacturer and 
SADDLES AND HARNESS, 

Main- Street, ENNIS, Texas. 

Keeps on hand a full stock of Hames, Collars, and in fact 
all kinds of plow gear. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Comb and see Me. 



COUNTY BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 



CITY OF FJVJVIS. 



Dry Goods and Clothing.. 

Tom Chancellor & Go. 

W JolescL 

A & E Mittentbal 

L Levy 

John T Lane 

E J Bruister. 

A M Works 

Groceries. 
Gid dings & Piokrell 
F A Gallagher 
King tt Walker 
I Golden 
I & L Cerf 
Z T Frith 
J A Pace 

Alexander & Jordan 
L R Wade 
B F Glascock, agent. 
Kight & Son. 

Druggists. 
L Prenss 
Abner Evans 
H Pace 
S K Campbell & Co. 

Confectioners. 

Gaines England, 
G W Cassidv 
G W Pittmai. 

Hotels. 
Wilson House, 

Dalton Brothers, Propr's. 
Kentucky House, 

Mrs. Hayes, Propr'ss. 
Newspapers. 
Saturday Review, 
Commercial Recorder. 



Banker. 

J& JR Baldridge. 

Books, Stationerj, etc. 
R \V Bogges. 

Lawyers. 
John L Cheek 
Edwards & McMullan 
McCormick & Templeton. 

Physicians. 
J L Edwards 
E Stuart 
J M Shegog 
M H Oliver 
S W Johnson 
E H Ayers 
J T Meek 
J C Loggius 
J L Miles 

Commission Merchants. 
F Y Goldsborough 
I H BuUard. 

Farm Implements. 
W HijrgfiDbotham & Co. 
I H Bullard 

Hardware. 
Craig & Diu-kerley 
J Blukey. 

Real Estate. 
C T Hogan 
T L McCarty 
J C McKinney. 

Miillnery. 
Mrs J F Mulkey 
Mrs Crumley. 

Dressmaking. 

Misses Hotchkiss «Sc EncliBh. 



HHls and Gins. 

Eania Mills, J Malliall jr. Pro 
A H Rowo 

J P Hotchkisa 

Blacksmiths. 
Menry & liosa 
P C Brown 
B Hartley. 

Wagon Shops. 
Jnlius Glatz 
W A Dean. 

Butchers. 
I C Tate & Co. 
J C ShegO!^. 

Restaurants 
D O Q uiti 
J B Farmer. 

Lumber J&rdu 
S Q Carey 
M T Jones. 

Shoemakers. 
J Wendlinjy 
John BielefehU. 

Saloons. 
A (^ohen, 
VV J McNeill 
J Blumrossen 
H T Kennedy. 

Livery Stabl«s. 
Bask in <fe Tidwell 
E C White. 

Furniture. 
H S Calbreath 



Miscellaneous. 
Nuri^ry, Geo M Hogan & Son 

'• W A McCain 
D<^pot Agent, W H Hanna 
Ttlgrb Opr., R H Robinson 
Postmaster, J M Dixon 
Bakery, J B Farmer 
Liquor Store, H T Kennedy, 
Undertaking, I Tate & Co. 
AVagon Yard, D O Qiiin 
Boarding Hcmse, T B English 
Tannery, A King 
Dentists — T S Rigfis and 

Sruart & Pennington 

Harness and Saddles. 
A C King 
A J Soape. 

Watches and Jewelry. 
F A Boerner 
E I Pittman. 

Carpenters and Builders. 
Bragg Brothers 
A .J Baxley. 
VV B Aubrey 
C E Roessing 

Barber. 
Thomas Jetty. 

Photographer. 
Cassidy. 

Brick Yards. 
A J Baxlev 
M W Santry. 

Painters. 
E D Burnett 
J W Kennymore. 



I 



H. BULLARD, 

Receiving, Forwarding and 
COMMISSION MERCHANT, 

Dealer in Grfiiu, Agricultural Implements and Coal 



r^:r^r»;is 



TKXAS. 



The early history of Eanis dates back to 1872, when the 
"uuillitijjj corps of tho Houston & Texas Central Railway 
reACUed tuis pjint. It was named after Col. Eunis, one of 
the early directors of the railroad. The first business house 
WAS erected by Mr. J. F. Mulkey, in June, 1872. Messrs. 
Bl'ikey & McCarty, and I. H. Bullard put up business houses 
aDo t the same tiiue. The first settlers of the town were 
obliged to haul water some three miles, and it was the gen- 
♦^ral behef at the time that it could not be procured from 
wells — but fortunately it vras a dtilusion, 

Capt. Charles Panill was the first mayor; N. C. Stallworth, 
I. H. Buliard, J M. Gilpin, W. J. Stokcjs and J, Eeisman, the 
alit:rmeu. ,). M, Dixon was the first post-master, and still 
holds that position. 

Alexander Tai^mas and E. F. Ross erected the first black- 
8 uilh shop ; Rev. F. P. Riy, (Methodist) preached the first 
sermon ; Rev. Mr. Qiaite, (Gumbeiland Presbyterian) organ- 
izyd the first church. 

No deaths occurred within the young city's limits, until 
two years after its organization, when a young man by the 
uiime of Lewis died ; which speaks volumes as to the health- 
fulness of the location. 

Nine years ago the wolf roamed unscared over the prairie 
wher« EiUiifl now stands, and caught pigs from the first pens 
built by the citizens. The broad, beautiful, rolling prairie, 
covered with tall grass, stretched out in unbroken expanso as 
far as the eye could see — broken here and there only by tho 
thirif«>liage of the meyqaite trees whicU dotted the landscape. 
In faci-, Mr. J. F. Mulkey has grown the past season 200 
bales of coitrju on laud near the city, that in 1872, was a bald 
prairie, and this is only one instance of a fact that is general. 

What a change has boen wrought since then ? The infant 
city of that day has grown and developed into a largo and 
vigorous one, wifcli nearly 2,<'0(^ population — still growing, 
prospc-rous and its business expanding as years roll on. 



Ennis now has about seventy-five business lionses, six 
excellent schools, two flouring mills, three ;2fiiis ; i:)lenty of 
lawyers and doctors, real estate agents, etc. ; Masonic, Odd 
Fellows, and Knights of Honor societies ; Methodist, Pres- 
byterian, Baptist, Christian, Episcopal and Catholic church 
denominations. 

The Ennis Mills one of the best flouring mills in the state, 
located here, has a capacity of turning out 300 barrels of 
flour daily. Its flour took the first premium at the St. Louis 
Fair, in '1875 and 1876 . 

The West Hill Academy, of which General J. C Moore, 
(a graduate of V^'est Point, and an ofl^lcer in the jMexicau 
and late war,) is located in the west part of the city, an ex- 
callent institution. Prof's J. A. Fleming, G. D. Crawfojcl, 
Mrs. Ivey, and Mrs. Carnal, also have excellent schools in 
the corporation. Oar educational interests will no doubt be 
consolidated the present ye-ir — after the completion of a new 
Public School Building by the city. 

The colored population have a church, school, and secret 
society. 

Among the new improvements going on and projected, 
this year, is an opera house, a fine hotel, public school build- 
ing, and strong indications of the building of a Trip Railroad 
from this point to connect with the St. Louis & Texiis Narrow 
Guage Kailway, about eighteen miles south-east of Eunis. 

About 3,000 bales of cotton have been ginned by the three 
gins, the past season. Cv)tton receipts, over lii,Oni) bales. 

Our people are more intent on developing the resourc-^s of 
the soil than on politics; but the county is Democratic by a 
large majority, though they do not deem it necessary to put a 
party ticket in the field for county offices, pr{*ferrJng to allow 
any person to become a candidate that wishes to enter the 
race — on bis merits, without any convention jugglery. As a 
consequence we always secure good ofFicjr?;, and have a bal- 
ance on hand in the county treasury. 



CITY OF WAXdllACHIE 



Dry Goods and Clothinj?. 
S A uiut 

W J;)h:fich 
H & D Biin 
H \V Ti-ippet 
Lsvy tSi, Brown 
R'>l)ins()n & Co. 
C D Pickett 
A Trippet. 

Groceries. 
Tizer k Levy 
C M Pickett 
A M Decliiiian 
P T (U-isler 
Fteiniag & Danlap 
R Vickory 
I & L Gerf 
M T Patrick 
V A McMiUan 
J Morris. 

Druggists. 
J R Wheatlev 
(J A Arnold & Co. 
E A Du B )se 

Hotels. 
Ellis Hoasp, J H Ellis, Pro. 
Sicldons House, 

J 8 Sidflous, Pro pr 
Saloons. 
George VV rig lit 
M E Thompson 
L BauinL;;ntner 

Bankers. 
Getzendanf^r (fe Ferris 

Hardware. 
W A Calfee 
Griffith & Co. 
VV 8cliast. r. 

Commission Merchant. 
S K Itimam. 



Harness and Saddles. 
H C N.'mI 
Jease Wiley. 

Lawyers. 

Ferris k Rainey 

Amzi Bradshaw 

O E Dunlap, J. P. 

E P Aiiderso/i 

McCormick & Templeton 

W H Fears 

Cheek & McDaniel 

F P Powell 

Kimble & Anderson 

J Em Hav/kins 

Lumber Yards. 

M T Jooes 
Welk & Co. 

Newspapers. 

Waxahachie Enterprise, 

Yeager & Seister, Prop'rs. 
Waxahachie Mirror, 

E G H nek 'I bee, Prop'r. 
Miscellaneous. 
Waxahachie VV .-.rehouse Co. 

J T Brown, Pres. 
Waxahachie Tap R. R. Co. 

J Riordan Manager. 
Oalifornia Anction House. 
Millinery, Mrs. Montcroniery. 
Sewiu^'- Machines, F. P. Hol- 
land, R C Brown 
Telegraph Opsr. and Station 
Agent, OR Wells. 
Dentists. 
C B Lewis 
D G Temple. 
Dixon. 

Physicians. 

Sweatt & Fiurer 
M A Adkinsou 
G H Cagle. 



Photograph er. 
E L Eeid. 

LiTcry Stables. 
J B Wilson 
J H Ellis 

Wilson & Brothers 
Blacksmiths & Wagon Shops. 
Anderson & Co. 

Holveck 
A S Farley 
WN Stroud. 

Real Estate. 
Phillips & Husbands 
Owens & Neal. 

Farm Implements. 
HW Graber 
S P Lank^ford. 

Watches and Jewelry. 
J C Woodhef 
F A Boerner 

Barber. 
ArmstroDg & Co. 
Butcher. 
Nycum 

Restaurants 
K Vickery. 

Fnrniture. 
Spaulding & Mauuel. 



Carriages and Buggies. 

Keunedj &. Wilson. 

Schools 
Marvin Colle-ge, 

Gen. L M Lewis, Pres. 
Oak Liwn Iiistitut^, 

J B Tiilbert. Prin 
Female Academv, 

J H ' -ombS; Prin. 
Painters. 
W A Hawkii'S, 
F P Rvmiller. 

Books, Stationery, etc. 
Arnold & i)o. 

Brick Yards. 
John T Brown 
John Solon. 

Carpenters and Builders. 
H D TiuHMons 
Til man Patterson 
John Solon 

Mills and Gins. 
Carlyle & Rior.lan, gin, 
B F ''arpenter, corn mill. 

Confectioner. 
S M Licklan-.l. 

Insurance Agents^ 
Parks & Williaiiis. 



AstoriUi 

T. J. Alston, general merchandise; union church three de- 
nominations — Baptist, Methodist and Chiistian; school of 4iO 
pupils. 

Bristol. 

B. White, general store, Hawkins; Mosely & Pipkin, 

gin and mill; S. T.Btintlfty, b! lo-liHinith shop. 
Chambers' Creek. 

Carr Forest, general store; J. A Bi.ilock, grocery; J. P. Al- 
dredge, cotton gin; churches — Cumberland presbyteiiau, A. 
J. Haynes, pastor ; ucioji church for other deaominations. 



WAXAHJLCHIE, 

The county R^^at, is locitt d on a b 'uatifiil wliito rock cre<4i, 
or the 9am« name, near t)>H centre of the county. Its history 
dates back to the organiz.ition of the county in 1850, when it 
contained only a single h.mse. It now has a population of 
nearly 2,000 ; is a healiliy, handsome and growinof city , has 
one of the neatest yellow stone court h-mses in the stat« ; a 
fine opera house, an excellent calle.,'e, four or fivepfood schools, 
about 8eventy-fiv« business; houses, a jjoo Uy numl)er of liw- 
jers, doctors, etc., two good n-^wsp^pers ; Mis nic, Od^l Fel- 
lows, Enisrhts of Honor and T^nnperance societies ; Metho- 
dist, Christian, Preshi'terian, Biptiat and Catholic cburch<'S. 
Marvin Oollege, one of the best educitioaal institutions in 
the state, is loc ited in the corporation. 

C otton receipts for the s-ason, to date, over 20,000 bales. 
Waxahachie, like EnniSs is surrounded by the richest and 
best farming country in the state— is growing, and expandiBg 
its business each year— and like a good elder sister, does not 
enyy her lively neighbor on the T(^xas Cnntral, over in the 
eastern pan t»f the county, as m uiy naturally conj-.ctiire, b^it 
always greets her cit.iz.^ns when '-ovvu* at the county seat," 
with a pleasant "howdy," which cirinot but make us all feel 
we are one. Ellis County Against tue W-rlp. Th' garden 
spot of our Lone St a- StaU— iho future Emput- State of thtf- 
American Union. 



Milford. 

Hotel, H. N. C. Brown ; deuusi., C, ^ . G )a]iich ; physi- 
cian, J. B. J. Gnieui: guiH, Hadsoa & C ^i.ier, A. H. Filts ; 
livery stable, W. H. K McDiuua ; gtocery , J. J. J.niiing-^. 
Incomplete. 



Over 6,UU»),()UU leei. ui lumber was shipped into ihe cuuuty, 
last year, all used m makiiig the many improveiutaits mude 
during 1880. Considerable more will no doubt be cousunjtd 
the present year. Tweuty-tive new ccjtton gins were also 
constructed at an average cose ot $2,000 each. 



Auburn 

Wvlie & Alfor'1, jrenr'ral iiierciiandisft; H. C. Cariies, drugs 
and groceries. Cluuches — Mythodisr, Christian, Cumberland 
Presbvferian and Baptist — p.tstors, Ri-ivs. Davis, Webb, Col- 
let' and Wise. Wni. Al Cooper, priucipul of school ; mill, J. 
O. Q!ii_de; gin, E. Reese. 

Ferris. 

Genera! H<^rclian.lis9— Sw(^att 'k Miliar, T. J. Kelly, J. K. & 
H. Saiith, C. Birk; DrULC stores, M. J. Doty, stationer, W. E. 
B/'-tt, D. T. Has-^y ; farm iniplei)eiits, D. H. (^ibsou, N. C. 
Wri.i;ht A'. C ». ; ^jrroceries, G. M Jordan, Malone & Suraing; 
jfins, Auilrev^ & Green, G. W. Pruitt; hotels, W. J. Sauls- 
b'lvv, 'r. W. S iiitii; union church ?iod three denominations, 
A. J. Iliynes, p istor Camberlaud Presbyterian. 

Mountain Peak. 

R )biMet*', c\:i Biz-^'t, geaeral merchandise; Burkes &, Lowe, 
gin ; two church danominationK, methodist and baptist. 

Ovilla. 

General Merchandise — Hams v^ Smith ; drugs and grocer- 
ies, Ch'iprnan & White; mill and gin, R. E. Chapman; church, 
Cumberland presbyterian; Ovilla Institute, S. Richards, D. D., 
presiilent, iVIrs. Richards, principal female department ; A. 
drvev, director of conservatory of music ; blacksmiths, Charles 

Worley, Moore ; John P. Laughlin, batcher. 

Palmer. 

P. R. Johnson, T. H. Andievvs & Son, J. A. Pavn^, R. 
Snith Si. Son, ij^eneral merchaudise and groceries; R. Smith & 
S )n, liiiiiber dealers ; Hearn & Johnson, drug store ; Mrs. 
S nith, hotel ; mills and gii)s, A H. Rowe, White & Jeffers ; 
I. M La-aciSDer, principal of scliool. One church and four 
denominations. Rev. Mr. White, pastor, ctunberland presby- 
terian ; Rev. Mr. Davis, methodist south; others not supplied. 

lied Oak. 

General Merchaudis.— J. B. Daniels; Gran<je Co-op"rrttive 
8t)r.', MirisE. Siiort ; gins in vicijiity, J. W. Bell, FiOwer 
S lei'li-y, Wm. Hasford, J. C. Culbertson ; four church denom- 
inations. 

Italy. 

J )hu Couch, general merchantli'io ; ^Ir Hamlett, drugs 

a;;d uK-ilciues ; Aycoclv k Bro , groceries ; school, Houston 
Cre k I'lstitute, L.G. Collier and K. M. Godfrey, princip ds. 



TO CAPITALISTS ANI) IMMIGRANTS. 

To capitalists l-Jllis county presents ;i must mviiiug tieU - 
iu bjviikiug, suiiie brauclies of manufacturing^ farming, the , 
breeding of improved fetock, mtrcbanciibing, etc. Wbiie it is 
true our farmers raised over 30,000 bales oi cotton this year, 
whicli brought over $1,500,0;>0 in cash into the county, the 
most of it has been exj^euded in farm improvements, for 
land, labor and familj,; suppii<-s — liencs, the demand for money 
is greater than the suppl\, and alwa} a brings a goo<i rate of 
interest — from one to two and one-half per cent, u month 
and prime security given. 

Daring the past year, our farmers experienced great diffi- 
culty in securing sutfi.rieiit labor to gather their cro[is. — 
Therefore the laborer who desiies to work need have no fear 
of securing labor here at good waL;es. Farm hands get Irum 
$12 to $20 per month and board, accur<iing to experience and 
ability 

The farm tenant system prevails largely among our land 
owners — leasing their lands far a share of the crop, on the 
following terms : Landlords furnish the house, firewood, 
team and implements and the tenant has one-half the crop ; 
when the tenant furnishes the teasn and implements, the land- 
lord has one-fourth the cotton and one-third of the wheat and 
corn. Many of our best and most successful farmers made 
their "first start" in Texas,' working land on these terms 
ITealth of the County. 
The county has an assessed valuation, according to the as- 
eessmeut of 18S0, of $r),813,134; divided as follows : On land 
619,072 acres, $3, 581,780; city and town lots, $4:51,052 ; car- 
riages and buggies, 1995, $78,325; manufacturers' tools and 
farm machinery, $67, 613; materials and manufactured articles, 
$2,675 ; horses and mules 11.286, $291,786; cattle, 24.896, 
$101,647; jacks and jennets, 48, $4,180; sheep 1679, $2,786 ; 
goats, 80, $61 ; hogs, 7,759, $12,1 47; miscellaneous property 
$876,418; land certiticates, 30. An increase over that of 
1879, of $207,200. 



MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. 

Society, Churches, Schools, Politics, etc. 

Spirituous aud malt liquors are sjid only at Eanis and 
Waxaliachie — the local option law being in force in all other 
places throughout the county — which 8p<-aks volumes s to • 
the sobriety of our people aud the exccfiidut state of society 
.prevaiiiog everywhere. 

We have over ninety sciool c oinmunitieSj many good private 
sc'aools, churches of all deno.uiaations, and as sociable a peo- 
ple as can be found anywhere. 

Our total taxes for last year, for state, county and other 
taxes was 65 cents on the $IOil. The- intU'ease of population 
in the county for the p.tst 10 years, is 11,601, nearly 300 per ct 

The county was first settlt-d by pioneers from Kentucky and 
Tennessee — iiu 1 a largj m ij jrity (jf the pe )ple now located 
here, emigrated from tiiode Stitefs; with many from the other 
Southern States; bt-sid'es quite a sprinkling from all the 
Northern autl Western States — in fact our population is made 
up from every State in the Union, aud all get along harmoni- 
o isly togetlier. 

Forest's Store, 

Now known as "'"hanibejs' Civek" post . office, was named 
after General T. J. Chumbers; wlio rt-ceived a large grant of 
land in this and Navarro county, (elev< n le.a*fues,) before 
Texas was a EepuoliC. for services reiidnred the Mexican gov- 
ernment as a j'ld^e. He was also a j)rominent Texas general 
during our struggle with M- xic ). 

The place w is nam-d by Giueril E. H. Tarrant and the 
first house erectei by .Mr. Tho n is J. S nith. It wis origi- 
nally the county seat of Nav irr*^ District and c illed Navarro. 
It has two stores, two churches, school of about 30 pupils, a 
cotton gin, and a population of about one humlred. About 
300 bah's of cotton ginnetl here rhe p.ist season. Raw prairie 
lau'ls in the vicijiity ire worth $6 pel ac?^'; improved $12 to 
$2t); town 1 )ts $20; g))I wa'er from .velli and springs; tim- 
ber ph nt\ ; soil black waxy. 




IIiLOgWRTIirED 



FOR 







i88i. 



CALENDAR FOR 1881. 

Being the latter part of tlic lOotli and the bc- 
ginumg of the 106th year of the Iiidcpeiideiico 
of the United States of America. 15th year of 
Doniiniou of Canada. AIho, 7390-91 of the By- 
zantine Era ; the year 6641-42 of the Jewinh Era ; 
the year 2634 since the foundation of Borne, ac- 
eotdiug to Varro; the year 1299 of the I\[ohannnedan Era, or the Era of Hegira, 

which begins November 23, 1881. 

__________ _____ 

Vernal Eqmuox, (Spring begins) March 20, 5 h. 57 m. M. 

Summer Solstice, ( Smumer begins.) Jnne 21, 2 h. 12 ni. M. 

Autuumal Equinox, ( Autumn begins) Sept. 22. 4 h. 34 m. A. 

Winter Solstice, (Winter l)egins) Dec. 2 ' . 10 h. 44 ni. M. 



Dominical Letter 
Epact 



CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLE. 

. .B. I (xolden ISumber 11 Bonian Indiction 9 

. . .30 Solar Cycle 14 I Julian Period 6594 



nXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS. 



Epiphany Jan 

Septuagesima Sunday Feb. 13 

Quinquagesima — Shrove Sun- 
day Feb. 27 

Ash Wednesday IVIar. 2 

First Sunday in Eent Mar. 6 

St. Patrick." Mar. 17 

Pahn Sunday April 10 

(rood Friday" April 15 

Easter Sunday April 17 

Low Sunday .April 24 



Bogation Sunday May 

Ascension Day May 

Pentecost — AVhit-Sunday June 

Trinity Sunday June 

('orjms (;]uisii June 

St. John, Ba])tiHt June 

Michaelmas Day Sept. 

Fu-st Sunday iiiAdvent Nov. 

St. Andrew Nov. 

St. Thomas Dec. 

Christmas Day Dec. 



Eclipses. Partial of the Sun, May 27. Total of Jloon, June 11. Annular 
the Sun, Nov. 21. Partial of the Moon, Dec. 5. Ti-ansit of Mercury, Nov. 7. 



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4 48 


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6 23 

7 41 

8 54 

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11 13 
morn 

20 

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3 26 

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6 1 
6 40 
rises 

6 26 

7 25 

8 25 

9 26 

10 28 

11 32 
morn 

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1 47 

2 56 

4 2 

5 4 

5 54 
seta 

6 27 

7 42 



MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



Emancipation Proclamation 1863 

Caleb Cushing died 1879 

Battle of Princeton 1777 

Vauderbilt died 1877 

Catherine de Medicis died 1589 

Epihany — Paris bombarded 1871 

Bennett-May duel 1877 

Battle New Orleans 1815 

Napoleon III died 1873 

Penny Postage in England 1840 

Alexander Hamilton born 1757 

Sahiion P. Chase born 1808 

Robert Bruce died 1796 

Alphonzo King of Spain 1874 

Edward Everett died 1865 

Sir John Moore killed 1809 

Benjamin Frankhn born 17O6 

Daniel Webster bora 1782 

Robert E. Lee born 1807 

Coldest day 1838 

Louis XYI beheaded 1793 

Lord Byron born 1783 

WiUiam Pitt died 1806 

Frederick the Great born 1712 

Robert Biu-ns born 1759 

Dr. Jenner died 1823 

Audubon died 1851 

Marriage of Napoleon III 1853 

Thomas Paine born 1739 

Charles I beheaded 1649 

Ben Johnson born 1574 



Moon's Phases. 
New Moon, 29th. 



-First Quarter, 7th ; Full Moon, 15th ; Last Quarter, 23d : 



The spots on the sun do not begin to create the disturbance produced by 
the freckles on the daughter. 

This is the time of year when the industrious young man resolves to get up 
very early every morning and take a walk, or read history, or do something aw- 
fully commendable, and then oversleeps himself, and is late to business twenty- 
seven davs in the month. 



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Tu. 

We. 

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Mo. 

Tu. 

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Th. 

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Mo. 

Tu. 

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Til. 

Fii. 

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Sn. 

Mo. 

Tu. 

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Til. 

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Rises 

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Sun 
Sets 

H.M. 



5 19 
5 20 



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Moon 

Sets 

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10 2 

11 9' 
morn 

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1 17 

2 16 

3 9 

3 57 

4 40 

5 17 

5 48 

6 17 
rises 

7 19 

8 22 

9 25 

10 30 

11 36 
morn 

43 

1 50 

2 50 

3 45 

4 31 

5 10 
5 44 
setH 



MISCELLANEOUS THENOMENA. 



Prof. Maury died 1873 

Purilication Virgin Mary — Candlemas Day. 

Horace Greeley born 18il 

John Rogers bm-nt 1555 

R. Peel born 1788 

U. S. and French alliance 1778 

Pope Pius IX died 1878 

Gov. Geary died 1873 

Caix de Luneville 1801 

Reverdy Johnson died 1876 

Alex. H. Stevens born 1811 

Abraham Lincoln born 1809 

Ethan Allen died 1789 

St. Valentine's Day. 

Galileo born 15G4 

Dr. Kane tlied 1857 

Columbia, S. C, l)urned 1865 

( !harlotte Cushman died 1876 

Adelaide Neilson died 1877 

Pope Leo XIIL elected 1878 

Battle of Buena Vista 1847 

Washiugton's Bu-thdav 1732 

J. Q. Adams died . . . .' 1848 

St. Matthias. Italy a Kingdom 1861 

Fox's Theatre, Phila., des 1877 

Napoleon escapes from Elba 1815 

Longfellow born l^^"* 

Ci%-il Rights Bill passed 1875 



Moon's Phases.— Fu-st Quarter, 5th ; Full Moon. 14th ; Last Quarter, 21st ; 
New Moon, 28th. 

Josh Billings hits off a large class of young men when he says : "I have 
seen men so fond of argument that they would dispute with a guide board at tho 
forks of a country road about the distance to tho next town. W^hat phools." 

"Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day," said an ad^•ising 
mother to her little son. "Well, thou, mamma, let us eat the raspberry' pie that 
i.^ vA the cupboard," wr.s tho child's precocious reply. 



MQiith. 




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Tu. 


6 33 


5 52 


7 39 


61 


9, 


We. 


6 32 


5 53 


8 49 


6'^ 


3 


Th. 


6 30 


5 54 


9 57 


68 


4 


Fri. 


6 29 


5 54 


11 2 


64 


5 


Sat. 


6 27 


5 55 


morn 


65 


6 


Su. 


6 26 


5 57 


4 


(^(\ 


7 


Mo. 


6 24 


5 58 


1 1 


67 


8 


Tu. 


6 22 


5 59 


1 50 


68 


9 


We. 


6 21 


6 


2 35 


69 


10 


Th. 


6 19 


6 1 


3 14 


70 


11 


Fri. 


6 17 


6 2 


3 40 


71 


12 


Sat. 


6 16 


6 3 


4 19 


19. 


13 


Su. 


6 14 


6 4 


4 47 


73 


14 


Mo. 


6 13 


6 5 


5 13 


74 


15 


Tu. 


6 11 


6 6 


rises 


75 


16 


We. 


6 9 


6 8 


7 15 


76 


17 


Th. 


6 8 


6 10 


8 21 


77 


18 


Fri. 


6 6 


6 11 


9 28 


78 


19 


Sat. 


6 4 


6 12 


10 36 


79 


20 


Su. 


6 3 


6 13 


11 43 


80 


21 


Mo. 


6 1 


6 14 


morn 


81 


22 


Tu. 


5 59 


6 15 


44 


8^ 


23 


We. 


5 58 


6 16 


1 38 


83 


24 


Th. 


5 56 


6 17 


2 25 


84 


25 


Fri. 


5 54 


18 


3 6 


85 


26 


Sat. 


5 53 


6 19 


3 42 


86 


27 


Su. 


5 51 


6 20 


4 14 


87 


28 


Mo. 


5 49 


6 22 


4 44 


88 


29 


Tu. 


5 48 


6 22 


sets 


99 


30 


We, 


5 46 


6 23 


7 36 


90 


31 


Th. 


5 44 


6 24 


8 43 



MISCELLANEOUS rHENOMEXA. 



St. David. Horace Walpole died 1797 

Nevada a State 1864 

Peace Treaty Russia and Tm-key 1878 

First U. S. Congress \ 1789 

Death of La Place 1827 

Alamo Fight , . . 1836 

Am. Bible Society inst 1804 

Millard Fillmore died 1874 

Wilham Cobbett born 1762 

McCloskey, first American Cardinal. .1875 

First London daily paper 1702 

Siamese Twms died 1870 

La Fontaine died 1695 

Andi-ew Jackson born 1767 

Nathaniel Bowditch died 1838 

Days and nights nearly etpial. 
St. Patrick's Day. 

French Commune 1871 

Revolution in Milan 1848 

Isaac Newton died 1727 

St. Benedict. Cranmer burned 1556 

Emperor WilUam, Germany, born 1797 

Assassination of Empei-or Paul 1801 

South Carolina forest fires 1862 

Annunciation. First dny of year ch'd . 1752 

Hudson River discovered 1609 

Bruce croTvned 1306 

Raphael born 1483 

Swedenborg died 1772 

St. Louis tornado 1872 

Allies enter Paris 1814 



Moon's Phases.— First Quarter, 7th ; Full Moon, 15th ; Last Quarter, 22d 
Now Moon, 29th. 



A PRETTY answer was given by a little Scotch gM. When her class was ex- 
amined she replied to the question. What is ]iatiencc ? Wait a wee and dinna 
weary. 

"Father," said a cobbler's boy as he was peggmgaway at an old shoe, "they 
say trout bite now." "Well, well," said the old gentleman, "you stick to your 
work and they w-on't bite you !" 




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Moon 






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Sets 


Sets 


MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 




1 


ft 


H.M. 


H.M. 


H.M. 






91 


1 


Fri. 


5 43 


6 25 


9 47 


"Aprn Fool." 




92 


2 


Sat. 


5 41 


6 26 


10 47 


Bismarck born 


.1814 


93 


3 


.S^M. 


5 39 


6 27 


11 42 


Washington L:ving born 


.1783 


94 


4 


Mo. 


5 38 


6 28 


morn 


Oliver (ioldsmith died 


.1774 


95 


5 


Tn. 


5 36 


6 29 


30 


Boston burned 


.1770 


9fi 


6 


We. 


5 35 


6 30 


1 11 


Battle Shiloah 


.1862 


97 


7 


Th. 


5 33 


6 32 


1 47 


Wordsworth born 


.1770 


98 


a 


Eri. 


5 31 


6 33 


2 19 


Napoleon I. abdicated 


.1814 


99 


9 


Sat. 


5 30 


6 34 


2 48 


Livingstone's body in England 


.1874 


ion 


10 


Sa. 


5 28 


6 35 


3 14 


A. T. Stewart died 


.1876 


101 


11 


Mo, 


5 27 


6 36 


3 39 


Fort Sumpter bombarded 


.1861 


102 


12 


Tu. 


5 25 


6 37 


4 5 


Oil Fhe at Bear Creek, Fa 


.1876 


103 


13 


We. 


5 24 


6 38 


4 33 


Catholic emancipation 


.1829 


104 


14 


Th. 


5 22 


6 39 


rises 


Abraham Lincoln assassinated 


.1865 


105 


15 


Fn. 


5 20 


6 40 


8 24 


Dom Pedro in U. S 


.1876 


106 


16 


Sat. 


5 19 


6 41 


9 32 


French evacuated Mexico 


.1867 


107 


17 


Su. 


5 17 


6 42 


10 27 


FrankHn died 


.1790 


108 


18 


Mo. 


5 16 


6 43 


11 35 


Liebig died 


.1873 


109 


19 


Tu. 


5 14 


6 44 


morn 


Am. Revolution begun at Lexington 


.1775 


110 


20 


We. 


5 13 


6 45 


24 


Napoleon III. born 


.1808 


111 


21 


Th. 


5 11 


6 46 


1 6 


Rome founded, B. C 


. 153 


112 


22 


I'ri. 


5 10 


6 47 


1 42 


Battle of Camden 


.1781 


113 


23 


Sat. 


5 9 


6 48 


2 18 


St. George. Shakespeare died 


.1616 


114 


24 


Su. 


5 7 


6 49 


2 45 


Daniel Defoe died 


.1731 


115 


25 


Mo. 


5 6 


6 50 


3 14 


St. Mark. Barney Williams died . . . 


.1876 


116 


26 


Tu. 


5 4 


6 51 


3 44 


Ilusso-Turkish war commenced. . . . 


.1877 


117 


27 


We. 


5 3 


6 52 


4 15 


Edward Gibbon died 


.1737 


118 


28 


Th. 


5 2 


6 53 


sets 


President Munroe ])orii 


.1759 


119 


29 


I'n. 


5 


6 54 


8 33 


I'arson Brownlowdied 


.1877 


120 


30 


Sat. 


4 59 


6 55 


9 30 


Washington inaugurated 


.1789 



Moon's Phases. — First Quarter, 6th 
New Moon, 28th. 



Full Moon, 14th : Last Quarter. 21st 



The most of men who fail in any undertaldng blame the Aveather, the sys- 
tem of trade, the rascality of other men ; anything but their own stupidity and 
prodigality. 

The gross feeder is a man in the larva state ; and there are whole nation^ 
ui that condition, nations without fancy or imagination, whose vast abdomnels 
betray them. 



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Sets 


Sets 


MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 


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H.M. 


H.M. 






ft 


ft 


A 












121 


1 


Su. 


4 53 


6 56 


10 21 


St. Philip and St Jamei^. Wellington 


b.l769 


122 


2 


Mo. 


4 57 


6 57 


11 5 


Battle of Chancellorsviile 


. . 1863 


123 


3 


Tu. 


4 55 


6 58 


11 44 


Stonewall Jackson died 


..1863 


124 


4 


We. 


4 54 


7 


morn 


Irish Rebellion 


..17C8 


J25 


5 


Th. 


4 53 


7 1 


17 


Napoleon I. died 


..1821 


J 26 


« 


Fri. 


4 52 


7 2 


47 


Battle of Wilderness 


. . . 1864 


127 


7 


8at. 


4 51 


7 3 


1 14 


Salmon P. Chase died 


...1873 


128 


8 


t<H. 


4 49 


7 4 


1 89 


Robert ]\I orris died 


..180G 


12'J 


y 


Mo. 


4 8 


7 5 


2 4 


Schiller died 


..1805 


130 


10 


Tu. 


4 47 


7 6 


2 31 


Centennial Exposition opened 


..1876 


131 


11 


We. 


4 46 


7 7 


3 


T. Buchanan Read died 


..1872 


132 


12 


'111. 


4 45 


7 8 


3 33 


Catherine E. Beecher died 


...1878 


133 


13 


fri. 


4 44 


7 9 


4 13 


Jamestown. Va., settled 


...1607 


134 


14 


Sat. 


4 43 


7 10 


rises 


Pope Pius IX. born , 


..1792 


135 


15 
16 


Mo. 


4 42 
4 41 


7 11 
7 11 


9 25 
10 19 


Tidal wave on Lake Erie 


.1877 


136 


Vendome Column destroyed 


..1871 


13V 


17 


Tn. 


4 40 


7 12 


11 6 


John Jay died 


...1829 


138 


18 


We. 


4 40 


7 13 


11 44 


Napoleon I. declared emperor 


. . 1804 


139 


19 


Th. 


4 39 


7 14 


morn 


Cuba discovered 


..1482 


140 


20 


J^'ri. 


4 38 


7 15 


17 


Hawthorne died 


..1864 


141 


21 


Sat. 


4 37 


7 16 


47 


Columbus died 


..1506 


142 


22 


Su. 


4 3d 


7 17 


1 16 


Constantino died 


.. 337 


143 


23 


Mo. 


4 36 


7 18 


1 48 


Irish Rebellion 


..1798 


144 


24 


I'u. 


4 35 


7 19 


2 16 


Queen Victoria born 


..1819 


145 


25 


We. 


4 34 


7 19 


2 48 


Dr. Wm. Paley died 


..1805 


14(i 


26 


T'h. 


4 34 


7 20 


3 23 


Kii-by Smith, siu-renders 


..1865 


147 


27 


I'll. 


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Moon's Phases. 
New Moon, 27th. 



-First Quarter, 6th ; Full Moon, 13th ; Last Quarter, 20th 



In Washoe a man was tried for stealing millc at night from another man's 
cow. The jury found it an aggravated offense, and rendered a verdict : "Guilty 
of milking the cow in the first degree." 

* ' When I goes a-shopping, " said an old lady, * * I allcrs asks for Avhat I wants, 
and if they have it, and it is cheap, and can't be got for less, I most allers tako 
it, without clappering all day about it, as some people do." 




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MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



Nicomede. Ky. admitted to Union. ..1792 
Emperor William shot at and vroundod. 1 'J? 8 

S. A. Douglas died 1861 

Battle of Magenta 1859 

Gen. R. E. Lee died 1870 

Boston firo 1877 

Bruce died 1329 

Geo. Sand died 1876 

Charles Dickens died 1870 

Battle Big Bethel 1861 

St. Barnabas. Ben. Johnson born. ..1574 

Inundation in Switzerknd 1876 

Gen. Scott born 1786 

Sir Hemy Vane executed 1662 

Magna Charta signed 1215 

John Winthi-op born 1587 

Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 

Battle of Waterloo 1815 

Kearsarge sinks Alabaaua 1864 

Santa Anna died 1876 

Queen Victoria crowned 1837 

James Madison died 1836 

Battle of Solferino 1859 

St. John Baptist. Robert Dale Owen d. 1877 

Gen. Custer killed by Indians 1876 

Harriet Martineau died 1876 

Cholera in New York 1832 

Battle of Monmouth 1778 

St. Peter crucified 65 

Tax on tea 1767 



Moon's Phases.- 
New Moon, 20th. 



-Fu-st Quarter, 4th ; Full Moon, 12th ; Last Quarter, 18tli 



However things may seem, no evil thing succeeds, and no good thing is a 
failure. 

The over-positiveness of various preachers and politicians, in the statement 
of their dogmas, brings to mmd Mr. Emerson's tremendous sarcasm upon the vil- 
lage statesman who came sissing-hot out of a cauciis into the cool night air. The 
philosopher makes the far, calm stars, twiuldiug in the azure spaces of heaven, 
rebulie him with the (question : " Why so hot, little nian?" 








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MISCELLA>TEOITS PHENOMENA. 



WeBtrniuBter As;-;eniblv 1643 

Robert Peel died " 1850 

Sadowa 1866 

Independence Day U. S 1776 

Jernsalem taken .' 1100 

Dagnen-e died 1851 

Gen. Qnitman died 1858 

Battle Piiltowa 1709 

Battle Fort Du Qnesne 1755 

Gibraltar taken 1704 

Alexander Hamilton died 1804 

Battle of the Boyne 1690 

rievohition inEngland 1688 

Pievolntion in France 1789 

St. S within. 

Strike on Baltimore and Ohio K. P. . .1877 

First telegraph in China 1877 

Pedro 11. Emperor of Brazil 1841 

R. R. Htrikesin Pennsylvania 1877 

St. Margaret. 

Battle of Bnll Rnn 1861 

St. Marv Magdalene. 

B. R. riots in Buffalo 1877 

Bolivar born 1783 

St. James. 

St. Annie. R. R. riots in Chicago. . .1877 

French Revolution begun 1830 

Atlantic Cable laid 1865 

Tiirldsh Snltanresigns 1876 

Cook fu-st sailed 1768 

Andrew Johnson died 1875 



Moox's Phases. — First Quart* 
New Moon, 26Lh. 



4th ; Full Moon, 11th ; East Quarter, 18th 



He came into th(3 sanctum with a large roll of manuscript under his arm, and 
said, very politely : •' I have a little trifle here about the sunset yesterday, which 
was dashed olf by a friend of mine, which I would lilce inserted if you have 
room." " Plenty of rt)om ; just insert it ycmrself," replied the editor, gently 
l)ushing the waste basket toward him. 

Ther]': i.-i sometimes in an odor a finer remhidtr of the past than is to be 
found in anything which assails the eye or ear. 




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MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



Lammas Day. 

Battle of Plevna 1877 

Eugene Sue died 1857 

Burgoyne died 1792 

Henry L crowned 1100 

Transfiguration. Atlantic Cable laid . 1866 

Battle of Tbermopylie, B. C 480 

Destruction of S]ianisli Armada 1588 

Louis Pbillippe King 1830 

St. Lawrence. 

Battle of Commersdorf 1759 

Eartbquake in Greece 1876 

Jereuiv Taylor died 1667 

Jobn Fletcber died 1785 

Assumption of Virgin Maiy. 

Battle of Montrose 1645 

Admu-al Blake died 1657 

Fir.-<t Steamboat 1807 

Ciesar Augustus died 14 

Great comet appeared 1861 

Prof. TvndaU born 1820 

Death of Dr. GaU 1828 

Wallace beheaded 1305 

St. Bartholomew. 

Silas Wright died 1847 

Louis Philhppo died 1850 

Battle of Crecy 1346 

St . Augustuie. British slavery al>()l . . 1833 
Beheading of St. John Baptist. 

llaphael Semmes died 1877 

Death of Cleopatra, A. J. C 3<; 



Moon's Phases- 
New Moon, 24th. 



-First Quarter, 2d ; Full Moon. 9th ; Last Quarter. 16th 



Now-A-DAYS it is impossible to listen to the conversation of half a dozen 
young "society" people without feeling that the American language should be 
more appropriately called the American slang-guage. 

"What pretty children, and how much thoy look alike,'" says C. during a 
first visit to a friend's house. 'They are twhis," bis friend explains. *• What, 
both of them?" exclaims C, greatly interested. 




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MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



Alvin Adams died 1877 

London great fii-e 1666 

Cromwell died 1658 

French Republic proclaimed 1870 

Catherine Parr died 1531 

Lafayette born 1757 

Battle of Borodino 1812 

Nativity of VkginMary. 

California a State " 1850 

Judge Story died 1845 

Mahomet born 565 

Battle of Chapultepec 1847 

Battle of Quebec ; 17:9 

Humboldt born 1769 

Yellow fever at Savannah 1876 

Burning of Moscow 1812 

Duke of Wellington died 1852 

Stanley heard from 1877 

Battle of luka 1862 

Panic in Nev/ York market 1873 

St. Matthew. 

Death of Vii-gil, 19 A. J. C. 

Days and nights nearly equal. 

Battle of Monterey 1846 

Bank suspensions 1857 

Chi'istians massacred in Arm'a 1876 

Strasboiu'g falls 1870 

Gen. Bragg died 1876 

St. Michael vvA f;ll Angels, 
St. Jerome. 



Moon's Phases.— First Quarter, Ist ; Full Moon, 7th ; Last Quarter, 15th ; 
New Moon, 23d ; Fkst Quarter, 30th. 



" That's what a man wants in a wife mostly ; he wants to make siure of one 
fool as '11 tell him he's wise. But there's some men can do wi'out that— they 
think so nuich o' themselves a'ready— an' that's how it is there's old bachelors . " 

There is a fortune in store for the milliner who shall devise a bonnet that 
can be worn in any part of a church and always present the trimmed side to the 
congregation. 



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MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



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Wallace died 1305 

First railroad in United States 1833 

Sam. Adams died 1803 

Battle of Germantown 1777 

Jonathan Edwards born 1703 

Proclamation of Pe ice 1783 

Battle of Stillwater 1777 

Chicago fire 1871 

Geneva award paid 1845 

Wm. H. Seward died 1872 

Afghan war ends 1844 

Robert Lee died 1870 

Wm. Peun born 1644 

Battle of Hastings 1066 

Geo. Fox born 1624 

Napoleon arrived at St. Helena 1815 

Queen Mary died 1558 

St. Luke, EvangeUst. 

Sheridan's ride 1864 

John Adams born 1735 

Columbus discovered America 1492 

Moody and Sankey at Brooklvn 1875 

Battle of Edgehill " 1642 

Daniel Webster died 1852 

St. Crispin. Erie canal completed ... 1 825 

Von Moltke born 1800 

Wm. Penn arrested 1682 

St. Simon and St. Jude. 

Surrender of Metz 1870 

Gen. Mitchell died 1862 

All Hallows Eve. Ganges river flood . 1876 



Moon's Phases. — Full Moon, 7th 
First Quarter, 29th. 



Last Quarter, 14th ; New Moon, 22d 



Too many people mistake impudence for independence. 

The best way to do good is to do it, as opportunity offers, and not say or 
think much about it. 

"Don't be afraid," said a snob to a German laborer ; "sit down and make 
yourself my equal." "I vould half to blow my prains out," was the reply of the 
Teuton. 




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MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



All Saints Day. Great Lisbon earthq.1755 

Grand ParUament assembled 1640 

W. C. Bryant born 1794 

George Peabody died 1869 

Gunpowder Plot 1605 

Cardinal Antonelli died 1876 

Battle of Tippecanoe 1811 

John Milton died 1674 

Great Boston fii'e 1872 

Lafayette escaped 1794 

St. Martm. Luther born 1483 

Montreal captured 1775 

Catherine II. died 1796 

Mozart born 1719 

Look for meteors. 

March to the sea 1864 

Suez Canal inaiTgiu*ated 1869 

Kars captured by the Bussians 1877 

Tweed found guHty 1873 

Great storm ". 1703 

Voltau-edied 1784 

St. Ceciha. Henry Wilson died 1875 

Franklin Pierce born 1 804 

U. S. ship Huron wrecked off N. C. . . 1877 

New York evacuated 1783 

Wm. Cowper born 1731 

Hoosac Tunnel 1873 

Washington Irving died 1859 

Sir Philip Sydney born 1554 

St. Andrew. Assault of Quebec 1775 



Moon's Phases. 
Fii-st Quarter, 28th. 



-Full Moon, 5th ; Last Quarter, 13th ; New Moon, 21st 



What ought not to be done do not even think of doing. 

It is one characteristic of genius to do great thmgs with little things. 

THEblackijcrry is so named because it is blue, in order to distinguish it from 
the blueberry, M'hich is black. 

You may have noticed that the tiies never bother a speaker, no matter how- 
dull he is, but invariably attack the over-worked sitter who is trying to get a little 
sleep. 




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Large fire in New Orleans 1876 

Battle of Austerlitz 1805 

Madrid captiu'ed 1808 

Thomas Carlyle borii 1795 

Brooldyn Theatre burned 1876 

St. Nicholas. 

Emperor W'illiam born 1792 

Vatican Council 1869 

Gustavus Adolphus born 1594 

Ple\'na captured by the Russians 1877 

Charleston tire. . , '. 1861 

Edwin Forrest died 1872 

Francis Drake saUcd 1577 

Washington died, aged 67 1799 

Gen. Wayne died 1796 

Boston Tea Party 1776 

John G. Whittier born 1807 

Battle of the Great IMdge 1775 

Bayard Taylor died 1878 

South Carolina secedes 1860 

St. Thomas. Winter begins. 

Landing of Pilgrims 1620 

Fenian prisoners liberated 1870 

Robin Hood died 1247 

Christmas. 

St. Stephen. Texas a state 1845 

St. John EvangeUst. John Kepler b. 1581 
Holy Innocents. Colonization Soc. f . 1816 

Ashtabula railway accident 1876 

Battle of Savannah 1778 

Disraeli born 1805 



Moon's Phaser. — Full Moon, 5th ; Tiast Quarter, 13th ; New ;Moon. 20tli 
First Quarter, 27th. 



'• That's what I call a finished sei-mon," said a lady to her husband, as they 
wended their way from church. "Yes," was the rejily ; "l)ut, do you know, I 
thought it never would be." 

"How can you fail in j'oiu' examination ?" asked the tutor. " I thought I 
crammed you thoroiighly." "Well, you see," replied the student, " the fact was 
you crammed me so tight I couldn't get it out." 




AN EMBRYO AMERICAN CITY. 



The iron horse has but one ear — the engineer. 

To step on a man's corn goes against his grain. 

It is absiu-d to suppose that a man can speak above his breath, since hif? 
month is below his nose. 

A newly married couple were sitting in a palace car when she said, **Georp:ie> 
ain't you glad ? We're relatives now. 

Father : — "Charlie, I see no improvement in your marks." Charlie: — "Yes. 
papa ; it is high time you had a serious talk with the teacher, or else he'U keep 
on that way forever." 

Science enumerates 588 species of organic forms in the air we breath. Just 
think of it ! Every time you draw in a breath a whole zoological garden slips 
down your windpipe, and no free tickets to the press. 

At a printers' festival lately the following toast was offered: "Woman! 
Second only to the press in the dissemination of news." The ladies are yet un- 
decided whether to regard this as a compliment or otherwise. 

When old Mrs, Bunsby had got throiigh reading in tlie morning paper an 
account of the last fire she turned her spectacles from her eyes to the top of ber 
head and remarked : "If the city firemen would wear the generwino hum knit 
stockints, such as we make and wear in the country, they wouldn't be a bustiu' 
of their hose at every fire. 

Mrs. Partington retiu*ns from the seaside. "Yes, I've been to a seaside re- 
tort. I have had my summer extortion, and I must confess my anticipations 
surpassed my expectations. To people in indignant cu'cumstances the recom. 
meudations might be satisfactory ; but it is beyond my reprehension how pcopl(3 
of effulgence — people who have lugubi'ious homes, siu'mounted by all that em- 
bezzles civilized life — can put up in such caverns. They must liave investf'd 
taste;-!." 




What Has Happened Since 
1840. 



USINESS interests have been greatly Htimulated 
aud enlarged by the ingenuity of the age in which 
wo hve. It is not too much to say that no great 
invention which had not beginning in the decade of 
1840 — 1850 has appeared in the pant thirty years. 
In that period occm-red the most signal develop- 
ment of the apphcations of chemistry to manuf ac- 
tm-cs and agriculture ; an enormous expansion of 
connnerce by means of raih'oads and ocean-steam- 
ships ; the discovery of ether ; and the perfection 
and diffusion of some of the most precious contri- 
butions ever made to the welfare of mankind. In 
1835 only 984 miles of raUroad had been completed 
in the United States; in 1840 they had been 
nearly trebled (2818) ; in 1845 they had been nearly 
quadrupled (3768). In 1835 Boston was connected 
with Worcester, and Baltimore with Washington •, 
Irom Philadelphia the traveller could go no farther west by rail than the Sus- 
quehanna at Columbia. In 1836, Ericisson brought over the propeller to these 
hospitable shores. In 1840 the Cunard line of ocean-steamers was estabhshed, 
but for a long time only "side-wheelers" were tolerated. The first regular ship, 
the Britannia, reached Boston after a trip of fourteen days and eight hours. 
Morse's telegraph, after vain offers on both sides of the Atlantic, was at last 
siibsidized by our own goverimient, and in 1844 communication was opened be- 
tween Baltimore and Washington. "What hath God wrought !" signalled Morse 
at the capitol to Alfred Vail at Baltimore. The rews despatches to the press "by 
electro-telegraph" or "by magnetic telegraph" were meagre, while public patron- 
age was BO timid that the wits .of the day made fun of a dehghted father in 
Baltimore who "wired" the news of the bhth of a grandson to a post office 
official at the Capitol — "as if the mail were too slow" at twenty miles an hour. 
In April, 1840, Goodyear was in the debtors' prison (a lodging almost as familiar 
to him as his own home) in Boston ; he had the year before f oimd the clue to the 
vulcanizing of rubber, but the process was not reduced to a certainty till 1844. 
At about the same time (1845-47) the McCormick reaper was confirming the in- 
dependence of the New World of the Old as a granary. (As late as 1836-38 wheat 
had been imported into the United States from Portugal and the Baltic.) The 
sewing machine devised by Elias Howe in 1843 was patented in 1S46, but the im- 
portance of this invention was not fully realized for more than a dozen years 
afterward. The daguerreotyi^e dates from 1830, and in 1840 the enterprising 
Mr. Plump began taking lilvcnesses in Boston — with small success for some 
months. Five years later his "galleries" were to be found not only in that city, 
but in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and even Dubuque, 
Iowa. Finally, Jialy '24, 1847, the jiatent was issued for Hoe's lightning press. 




A PEACEFUL PICTURE. 



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Sea-Coast Superstitions. 




ANY wives by the sea-coast hold supersti- 
tious coucerniug the " hollo w-soundiug 
aud mysterious maiu." ThusDickeus tells 
us that Barkis lingered in his dying until 
the tui-n of the tide, when, the tide gomg 
out, Barkis went out with it. In New Eng- 
land it is unlucky to kill a pig in the wane 
of the moon or at the ebbing of the tide ; 
the pork will shrink in the boiling. Water 
in the dinner-pot evaporates more rapidly 
over the fire when the tide is "dead low." It is unlucky to 
eati fish from the head downward ; it drives away the fish from 
the shores. To tell the stage of the tide without going to the 
beach, look in a cat's eyes ; the pupil of every intelligent cat's 
eye is elongated when the tide is at the flood. Never count a 
catch of fish untn the day's work, or sport, is done. Other- 
wise the sport is spoiled. Similarly, the sea-side farmer nev- 
er counts his lambs until the season for their dropping is over. 
But it is not alone in rural communities that men and women 
keep up customs and rites founded on pagan superstitions. 
■ Among the ancient Greeks and Bomans it was a custom for 
the bridegroom to give his bride, on the wedding night, a 
considerable sum of money, by way of purchase of her per- 
son. From this usage, no doubt, we have derived the custom of making wed- 
ding presents, under which so many people groan. The ancient Saxons gave a 
betrothal rmg, or other gift, which was called "a wed," and from which we have 
derived a very charming word. Fifth Avenue throws an old shoe after the de- 
parting bride. Is this because our sterner forefathers ordained that the bride- 
groom should tap his new-made wife on the head with his shoe as a token of her 
submission to her lord ? 



Population of the World. 



Europe 315,929,000 

Asia 838,70i,000 

Afric.i 205,679,000 

America 95,495,500 

Australia and Polynesia 4,031,000 

Polar Regions .82,000 

The World 1,455,923,500 

Tlie calculation for Europe, which must be substantially accurate, is much 
larger than the usual one ; but even then the immense bulk of humanity, 10 in 
14 of mankind, dwells in Asia and Africa, a fact which the philosophers will do 
well to remember. The Londoner or Parisian is not exactly "Man." 



Cultivate One Talent. 



,l,'^|i^^,.j^^^^^^-5^j?)<^ NE talent well cultivated, deepened and enlarged. 
^ "-^-^v""'"""^^". -OirV is worth a hundred shallow faculties. The first law 
of success at this day, when so many matters are 
clamoring for attention, is concentration ; to bend 
all the energies to one point, looking neither to the 
right nor to the left. It has been justly said that a 
great deal of the wisdom of a man in this centiury is 
shown in leading things unlaio-v\ii ; and a great deal 
of his practical sense in leaving things undone. The 
day of universal scholars is past. "Life is short 
and art is long." The range of himian knowledge 
has increased so enormously that no brain can 
grapple with it ; and the man who would Imow one 
thing well must have the courage to be ignorant of 
a thousand things, however attractive or inviting . 
As with knowledge, so ■s\ith work. The man who 
would get along must single out his specialty, and 
into that must poiu* the whole stream of his activity 
—all the energies of his hand, his eye, tongue, 
heart and brain. Broad culture, many-sidedness, 
are beautiful things to contemplate ; but it is the 
narrow-edged men— the men of single and intense 
piu:pose, who steel their souls against all things 
else— who accomplish the hard work of the world, 
and who are everyv/here in great demand when genuine hard work is to be done- 




They that laugh at everything, and they that fret at everything, are alike 
fools. 

Nothing so rare as that of acknowledging sincerely that we deserve what 
we suffer. 

A Professok of French in an Albany school recently asked what was the 
gender of academy. The unusually bright pupil responded that it depended on 
whether it was a male or female academy. 

Professor — Which is the more deUcate of the senses ? Sophomore — The 
touch. Professor— Prove it. Sophomore— When you sit on a tack ; you can't 
hear it, you can't see it, you can't taste it, you can't smell it, but it's there. 

The Chinese skill in dwarfing plants is well known. The Chinese ladies wear 
in their bosoms little dwarf fir trees, which, by a carefully adjusted system of 
starvation, have been reduced to the size of button-hole flowers. These remain 
fresh and evergreen in their dwarf state for a number of years, just as fir trees 
in mountains are evergreen, and thus are excellent sjTnbols of perpetuity of love, 
to express Avhich they are used by the ladies of the highest rank in the Celestial 
Empu'e. 



Something- About Water Spouts. 




WATEB spoilt, in general form, approaches more 
or less nearly to that of a coiie, or of a doiibje 
cone, the least diameter in the latter case being 
near the middle of its height, and parts or the 
•whole extent of it can be seen, even at consider- 
able distance, to have a rapid horizontal rotation . 
This whirling movement of the spout or column 
--^,y2p'^ jg, universal ; and the fact shows that the phen- 
(T'-f^Sv- tmenon is in all cases associated with or depend- 
^ ' ' ent upon some form of whMwind. "When water- 
pouts occur at sea, they may begin to form at the 
smface of the water, rising gradually in height, and meeting 
an upper portion that nearly at the same time begins to 
descend from the base of a cloud above. But more generally over 
the sea, and always over land, they first make their appearance at 
"the under sm-f ace of a cloud, from which a poxTch-lilie appendage 
may be observed to protude, enlarging and lengthening into a con- 
ical or funnel form, the base always above. If this occm'S over 
the sea, it may or may not be attended with formation of the cor- 
responding .or lower portion ; though when both parts appear, 
they almost always extend until they meet, and the cohunn is 
complete from the cloud to the sea. In 1718 a water spout is said to have burst 
in Lancashire, England, which for the distance of a mUe tore up the ground to 
a depth of seven feet, so as to lay bare the underlying rock. 



The young man who wants to get up with the sun should not sit up too late 
with the daughter. 

"When James T. Brady, the eminent lawyer, first o^^ened a lawyer's ofiftce in 
New York, he took a basement room, which had previously been occupied by a 
cobbler. He was somewhat annoyed by the previous occupant's callers, and hri- 
tated by the fact that he had few of his own. One day an Irishman entered. 
"The cobbler's gone, I see," he said. "I should think he had," tartly respond- 
ed Brady. "And v. hat do you sell?" he said, looking at the solitary table and a 
few law books. "Block-heads," responded Brady. "Begorra," said the Irish- 
man, "ye must be doing a mighty fine business — ye hain't got but one left.'' 

Have you not seen just such a husband as the one who figures as the hero 
of this story : A man was sawing wood in a back yard. He severed two sticks 
as thick as your wrist and then went into the house. "Mary," said he to his 
wife, "my country needs me ; there's no use talldng ; we've got to slaughter these 
Injuns ; no true patriot can be expected to hang around a woodpile thc.^e day;;.' 
"John," said his "udfe, "if you fight Injuns as well as you saw wood and support 
your family, it would take 118 like you to capture one squaw, and 3'^ou'd have t>o 
catch her when she had the ague and tlirow pepper in her eyes." John went 
back to the woodpile wondering who told his wife all about him. 




Yeky seldom round — The square man. 

A GREAT many men who start oiit to reform the world leave themselves for 
the last joh. 

The happiness of yoiu* life depends upon the quahty of your thoughts ; 
therefore guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no actions unsuit- 
al)le to virtue and tinreasonable to nature. 

A YOUNG lady surprised the gentlemanly clerk, at one of our di-y goods 
stores by offering him fifty cents in payment for a dollar purchase. "It amounts 
to a dollar, if you please," said the g. c. "I knowit does," -was the answer, "but 
papa is only paying fifty cents on the dollar now." 

The English language is rich in synonymous terms. A mechanic in search 
of work is "out of a job ;" a clerk in the same predicament is "disengaged," and 
a professional man similarly placed is "at leisure." The mechanic "gets work," 
the clerk "connects" himself with some "estabhshment," and the professional 
man "resumes" practice. 

A word as to pic crust. A very nice crust can be made without butter or 
lard, if you have cream. Put into a good-sized bowl a cup of thick sweet cream. 
Add sifted flour to it liy degrees, not stirring it about, but chopphig it in with 
the edge of the knife until thick enough to roll without stickmg. This paste 
scorches very easily, and must also be baked as soon as possible after it is mode. 



A Lover of His Mother. 




E believe that of all the love affairs iu the world, none 
can surpass the trne love of a big boy for his mother. 
It is a pure love and noble, honorable in the highest de- 
gree to both. I do not mean merely a dutiful affection. 
I mean a love which makes a boy gallant and com-teous 
to his mother, saying to everybody plainly that he is 
f aii-ly in love with her. Next to the love of a husband, 
nothing so crowns a woman's life with honor as this 
second love, this devotion of son to her. And I never 
yet kne^y a boy to *'tm-n out" bad who began by falling 
in love with his mother. Any man may fall in love with 
a girl, and the man, who is gallant with the girl^ 
may cruelly neglect the worn and weary wife. But the 
boy who is a lover to his mother, in her middle-age, i.^ a 
true knight who will love his wife as much in the 
sear-leaved autumn as he did iu the daisied spring- 
time. 



A TRAMP called his shoes ''corporations," because 
they had no soles. • 

Animals are such agreeable friends— they ask no 
questions, they pass no criticisms. 

The reason "the boy stood on the bimnng deck" 
was because it was too hot to sit down. 

"Theke ain't but phu men who kan stick a whilte 
handkerchief into the brest j)Ocket ov then- overcut 
without letting a leetle of it stick out, just hi acksi 
C4--: dent." — [Josh BUlings. 
A DEAR little thing — The diamond. 

A SERIOUS step — Out of a second-story window to the ground below. 
An Enghsh wiiter says you can tell when you are surrounded by a dozen 
Americans by the f ollowuig unerring test : Three will be found smoking cigars 
and nine reading newspapers. 

A COBIMERCIAL editor, who was once a small boy with a mother who knew 
the value of a shpper in cases of emergency, cannot to this day write about ' ' a 
movement in leather" without hitching uneasily in his chau". 

"Well, Bessie," said her mother, "have you been a good girl to-day'?'' 
"No, mamma." "Why, Bessie, I hope you have not been abadghl? "No, 
mamma," said the little thing, "not weddy bad, not wcddy good, just a com- 
ferable girl." 

A MAN had $65 stolen from him. A week afterwards he received a letter 
containing $25, that read : "I stoled your money. Romors naws at my con- 
shens, and I send you some of it back. When remors naws again I'll send some 
more . " 



Life Thoughts. 

IJY E. S. WHEELER, THE 13EK1.IN NATURALIST. 




OCIETY makes us. 
Live and help to live. 
Thought hghteus labor. 
Thought is next to time. 
All time is embodied in man. 

Bad habits are weeds gone to seed. 

Well done is the base line of profit. 

I must convert my time into money. 

Self improvement begins at the table. 

Eead me forward as well as backward. 

One success is better than two f ailtures. 

The ideal is only the practical in advance. 

Childi-en are entitled to every day hoHdays. 

That work is best done that is best understood. 

We must learn to think if we would think to learn. 

Common things, when studied, become of interest. 

A httle easy thought will often save much hard work. 

People can't afford to use poor tools and thus waste time. 

" I take the world as I find it," says a contented Georgian. 

Work well done is quickly done. Poor work makes poor time . 

A bright boy says : " We might as well be sitting still as doing nothing." 

To gain a clear view of distant objects all intervening thing;8 must be over- 
looked. 

The newspaper is what we help make it ; the mirror reflects us, not we the 
mirror. 

They live best who gives less attention to things than the uses which come 
from things. 

It is more pleasant to thhik that we have come up thi'ough the ape than 
that we are going back to one, 

I don't time it well stopping too long in this place, too little in that or 
the other. Too long with natm-e, too little with art. 

Taste by imitation runs in certain dkections whether it is in harmony with 
the person or stm-oundmgs or not, the masses beuig mere imitators of the few . 

Somethhig gives me the feeling to stand and look at natm-e and wish 
nature would stay awhile and I had time to stay and enjoy ; but no, onward is 
the word. Who stays behind is forgotten. 

Things belong to the physical — uses to the mental. Things are physical, 
their uses mental. Real things belong to the seen, uses to the unseen. Things 
— all we sec — will be wholly changed by imsecn force — uses. 

The Riural New Yorker quotes the New England Farmer as saymg : I hon 
cstly behevo that the farmer who will work his brains untU noon, and his hands 
the balance of the day, will outstrip him who rises at five and toils until nine at 
night. 



Arctic Explorations. 




jY examination of the map, it will be seen that the 
Arctic Ocean communicates with the Pacific by Beh- 
ring's Strait, and with the Atlantic by a wide pas- 
sage between Greenland and Norway. The naviga- 
tion of this ocean is obstructed by pei"petual congel- 
-vtion, but it is supposed that a portion N. of 80 ° is 
an open polar sea. The Ai'ctic Ocean encloses many 
large islands, and comprises large bays and gulfs, 
wliich deeply indent the adjacent continents, as 
Baffin's Bay, the White Sea, and the Gulf of Obi. 
The water of this ocean is extremely pure and clear, 
and the ice is remarkable for the beauty and variety 
of its tints. Those parts of this sea which have been 
explored are occupied by large fields of floating ice 
and icebergs in almost perpetual motion. Captain Boss measiu-ed 
an iceberg which rose 325 feet above the water in which it floated. 
There are masses that present a front of 200 feet in height, and 
fields from ten to forty feet thick sometimes extend over 100 miles. 
Icebergs often have a violent rotation, and are dashed against 
er.ch other with a tremendous force. Fogs, storms, and almost 
endless night add to the dangers which beset the explorer. Among 
the navigators who have explored it in search of a northwest pas- 
je are Parry, Boss, Sir John Franklin, and Kane. Drs. Hayes 
and Hall, and various Scandinavian and Dutch navigators, are 
among the recent explorers. Parry in 1827 reached lat. 82*^ 45' 
N., Ion. 19^ 25/ E., and found there floes of ice, with open water 
between. In 1854, Kane penetrated to lat. 81 '=' 22/ in Ion. 65 ^ 35' 
W. He argued that there is an open sea, not frozen, around the 
Pole, from the fact that ^'agale from the N. E. of fifty-four homes' dm-ation 
brought a heavy sea from that quarter, without disclosing any drift or other ice." 
There are valuable whale-fisheries in the Arctic Ocean. All Arctic explorers have 
utilized the intelligent and powerful Esquimaux dog in their explorations. A dog 
team has the credit of requhing of its driver more patience even than a mule 
team. 



Daniel, O'Connell, once luct a conceited literary friend, and exclaimed : 
" 1 saw a capital thing in your last pamphlet." "Did you?" eagerly replied his 
delighted listener ; "what was it?" "A pound of butter." 

The man who loafs his time away around a one-horse grocery store while 
his wife takes in washing to support him, can always tell you just what this coun- 
try needs to enhance its prosperity. 

The Derrick says that many a young girl's life has been wrecked on the 
waves of her handkerchief. 



Good Advice. 



O not choose your friend by his looks ; 
handsome shoes often pinch the feet. Do 
_!not be fond of complunenta ; remember, 
^^ '' Thank you, pussy, and thank you, pussy," 
killed the cat. Don't beheve in the man who 
talks most, for mewing cats are very seldom 
good mousers. By no means put yom-self in another 
person's power ; if you put your thumb between two 
grinders, it is very apt to be bitten. Drink nothing 
without seeing it ; sign nothing without reading it, 
and make sure that it means no more than it says. 
Don't go to law unless you have nothing to lose ; law- 
yers' houses are built on fools' heads. In any busi- 
ness never wade into water where you cannot see bot- 
tom. Put no dependence upon the label of a bag ; 
and count money before you receipt for it. See the 
sack open before you buy what is in it, for he who 
trades in the dark asks to be cheated. Keep clear of 
the man who does not value his own character. Beware of every one who swears, 
for he who would blaspheme his Maker would made no bones of lying or stealing. 
Beware of no man more than of yourself ; we carry our worst enemies within us. 
When a new opinion or doctrine comes before you, do not bite till you know 
whether it is bread or a stone ; and do not be sure that the gingerbread is good 
because of the gilt on it. Never shout till you are quite out of the woods ; and 
don't cry fried fish till they are caught in the net. There's always time enough 
to boast — wait a little longer. Don't throw away dirty water tiU you have got 
clean. Keep on at scraping the roads till you can get better work ; for the poor- 
est pay is better than none, and the humblest office is better than being out of 
employment. Always give up the road to buUs and madmen ; and never fight 
with a coal heaver, or contend with a base character, for they will be sure to 
blacken you. Nobody is more like an honest man than a thorough rogue. When 
you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you 
may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within. 




An Ohio newspaper speaks of a man being bruised by the "emphatic gesture 
of a mule." 

Snoeing is a ground for divorce in Olno : but you had better not show this 
to yoiu- wife. 

"Anxious Inquirer" asks how he may "learn to wiite well." Write it w-e-1-1, 
my son. There may be those who write it with one 1 ; but the best authors double 
the final consonant. 

" I should like to see somebody abduct me," said Mrs. Smith at the break- 
fast table, the other morning. " H'm ! so should I, my dear, so should I," said 
Mr. Smith, with exccediiVg earnestness. 




Summer Life in the Woods. 



out 



the 



^^ NE of the most delightful ways of spendhig a part of a suiu- 
^U J^ mer vacation is in attendance upon camp and grove meetingB. 
J| I I The time was when only one or two rcUgious denominations 
\^>^ approved of these gatherings, but now nearly every Protestant 
sect countenances them, and they are mcreasing in popularity through- 
coimtry, not only with the various denominations, but also for 
Sabbath school and reformatory work generally. Chatauqua is better kno-wn to 
the majority of people than many second-class cities, 

Oiu: engra\'ing gives a good idea of one of the principal avenues in Cottage 
City, on the island of Martha's Vineyard, dmiug the height of the season. 
Here are over one thousand cottages, some of them very costly, owned and oc- 
cupied by prominent citizens from various sections of the country. It has con- 
crete walks and drives, ocean view, a horse raUi'oad, a trottmg course. Forty 
thousand visitors sometimes frequent this island at one time. 



That was a wise colored man, who in speaking of the happiness of married 
people, said : "Dat ar' 'pends altogedder how doy enjoys deselves." 

Truth, being founded on a rock, you may boldly dig to see its f oimdations 
without fear of destroying the edifice ; but falsehood being laid on the sand, if 
you examine its foundations you cause it to f aU. 



Grape Vines. 




N experienced horticulturist says:— "There 
are few fruits easier to raise, and a single vine 
if properly cared for, will yield an enormous 
quantity. A southeast' exposure is the most 
desii-able, but land too rich in nitrogeneous 
matter is not desirable. Many persons who 
have thought rank barnyard manure was not 
useful as a fertilizer for the grape, have run 
into the opposite extreme and have actually 
starved the vines. Potash is the best fertiliz- 
er that can be apphed. A few shovelfuls of 
wood ashes added in the fall of the year 
and raked in, makes an excellent fertilizer. 
Laundry slops are very good ; not only does 
the moistiu-e aid the growth, but the potash 
of the soap also acts as a vine food, supple- 
mented by a little well-rotted manure. 



Honesty before policy . 
OvEBcoME or be overcome. 
Weeds and waste are near kin. 
Well done before better done. 
Trial makes all things possible. 
Life is what we help to make it. 
Sound sleep is money at interest. 
Earnestness commands attention. 
A TWO-FOOT rule— Don't wear tight shoes. 
A DEADwooD man— A cigar store Indian. 
For whom was Eve made ? For Adams' Express company. 
Love is like honesty— much talked about but little understood. 
Some men cannot stand prosperity. Others never get a chance to try. 
A WESTERN coroner recently had, in one day, three cases of did-not-know- 
it-was-loaded, 

A WESTERN woman has lost two husbands by lightning. She ought to 
marry a conductor. 

This is the latest for wedding mvitations in Boston : Come around and see 
us capture a mother-in-law, at eight o'clock sharp. 

A Philadelphia clerk, who was somewhat smarter than his employer, 
was heard to remark the other day : "Thanli fortune, the boss has stopped ad- 
vertising for the season. Now wo will have a rest." 

The girl who is modest and reserved in her demeanor — who is neither prud- 
ish on the one hand and indecorously free on the other— who makes no effort 
to attract attention and encoiuages no advances in the way of love making, will 
always be safe from annoyance and proof against scandal. 




The Old Oaken Bucket, 



HIS, one of the niobt popular of American poems, was ■vNTitten by Bam- 

«iiel Woodworth. The scene so yividly described in this charming 
lyric is Mr. Ws native little valley in Scituate, Mass., on the Atlantic 
coast, and every line of his description is true to natm-e now. ]\Ir. W. 
i was born Jan. 13, 1785, and died in New York, Dec. 9, 1842. 
" How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood 
When fond recollection presents them to view ! — 
The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, 

And every loved spot which my mf ancy knew ; 
The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it : 

The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell ; 
The cot of my father, the dairy honse nigh it ; 

And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well, — 
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, 

The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. 
*********** 
'•How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it. 

As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips ! 
Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it. 

The briglitest that beauty or revelry sips. 
And now, far removed from the loved liabitation, 

The tear of regret will intrusively swell 
As fancy reverts to my father's plantation. 

And sighs for the bucket that hangs in the well,— 
The old oaken bucket, the iron-boiind bucket, 

The moss-covered bucket, that hangs in the well."' 



Healthfulness of Apples. 




ANY persons do not Talue apples sufficiently as an 
article of diet. Beside containing a large amount 
of sugar, mucilage and other nutritive matter, this 
fruit contains vegetable acids, aromatic qualities, 
etc., which act powerfully in the capacity of refrig- 
erants, tonics and antiseptics, and when freely used 
at the season of mellow ripeness, prevent debihty, 
indigestion, and avert, beyond doubt, many of the 
"ills which flesh is heir to." The operators of 
Cornwall, Eng., consider ripe apples nearly as nour- 
ishing as bread, and far more so than potatoes. In 
1810, which was a year of much scarcity, apples, in- 
stead of being made into cider, were sold to the 
poor, and the laborers asserted that they could 
''stand their work" on baked apples without meat, 
whereas a potato diet required either meat or some 
other substantial nutriment. The French and 
Germans use apples extensively, as do the inhab" 
itants of all Eiu-opean nations. The laborers depend 
on them as an article of food, and frequently make 
a dinner of sliced apples and bread. There is no 
fruit cooked in as many different ways in our coun- 
try, nor is there any whose value, as an article of 
nutriment, is so great. 



To have the gout is to have the " swell" thing. 

Our ancestors, the monkeys, couldn't have been so ignorant after all. TheJ 
were all educated m the higher branches. 

"The book to read," says Dr. McCosh, "is not the one which thinks for 
you, but the one which makes you think." 

Chinese soldiers get three cents a day, and when the war is over very few 
of them invest their savings in twenty-five thousand dollars worth of government 
bonds. 

It is a good sign when a man, by waste or neglect, losing his position or his 
business, is willing to go down to the root of the matter, and throw the blame on 
himself, where it belongs. 

There is nothing that so takes the starch oxit of a young man who has been 
wedded about a year as to have to go to a store where there is a ghl clerk that 
ho used to keep company with, and inquire for those large-sized safety pins. 

It makes a mother's heart revert to her younger days when she comes into 
the parlor next morning after her daughter's beau has been around, and finds 
only one chair in front of the fire-place, and the others sitting along the wall as 
if they hadn't been touched for three years. 



The Little Faces. 




tunate mates. 



UPPOSE the irregiilar procession of children school- 
■\vard bound, which one meeta on the streets, all wore 
''shining morning faces," what a bright and happy 
throng it would be ! But some little ones Ave meet AN-ith 
traces of tears in their faces, and grief looking out un- 
timely from the childish eyes whose bhth-right is mer- 
riment. Hapless, defrauded ones, who go from impa- 
^^'?^ tient, fretful homes to the tasks of the school-room ! — 
'^'*^%"^ whose mothers forget that a cupful is as full as a brim- 
"^»^ muig bucket, and that childish sorrows or disappoiut- 
are not small to those who have them to bear. Hoav 
poorly thof!0 parents discharge their duties w^ho send out their 
childi-en for the day, unhappy ! Could they know for one horn: 
tlie desolation of the homes from which the children have gone 
forth for the last time, by reason of the epidemics that have 
wrought such havoc in many neighborhoods this year, how- 
patient, how watchful, how tender they would be! "It 
is never our tenderness that we regret," says George Ehot, in 
speaking of those who are gone beyond our lovmg or om- chid- 
ing. No, and it is not our patience that comes back to mingle 
the bitterness of unavailing regrets with our sorrow. Homes 
photograph themselves on the faces of then* inmates ; and a 
piteous picture is that hmned on the sensitive surface of many 
an unhappy little countenance that lingers behind its more f or- 
is it roxir fault, sister or mother ? 



We camiot have fertilizing showers on the earth without a clouded heaven 
above. It is thus with oiu: trials. 

One of the best rrdes in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of 
the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. 

Death in almost any form, can be faced ; but knowhig, as many of us do, 
what i.^ human life, who of us could, if seeing the whole routuie of Hfe, face the 
hour of bhth. 

People are apt to be very generous with what costs nothmg. Sidney 
Smith once said that most men are ready to act the Good Samaritan, but without 
the oil and twopence. 

A DARKEY who wasstoppuig to wash his hands in a creek, didn't notice the 
pecuUar actions of a goat just behind him, so when he scrambled out of the 
water and was asked how it happened, he answered: "I dunno, 'zactly, but 
'peared as ef de shore kinder h'isted and f rowed me." 

A LITTLE fellow, turning over the leaves of a scrapbook, came across the 
well-known pictme of some chickens just out of their shells. Ho exammed the 
pictm-e carefully, and then, with a grave, sagacious look, slowly remarked : 
"Thev came out 'cos they was afraid of being boiled." 




CHILDHOOD'S HAPPY DAYS. 



n AINES ENGLAND, 

^ Confectioner, 

AND DEALER IN 

Fruits, Tohacoo and Cigars and Toys. 

Main Street, 

ENNIS, - - - TKXAS. 

Has the best brand of cigars to be found in the city. 



A BNER EVANS, 

JTX has opened a 

NEW DRUG STORE, 

EJVJ^IS, - West .Avenue - T-EXAS. 

With a new and fresh assortment of all kinds of 

DRUGS AXB MEDICIKES, 

t^^ Give me a Call. «^8r 
H. Henry, E. F. Rops. 

HENRY & ROSS. 

Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. 

West Avenue, Ennis, Jexas. 

All kinds of farm and j2:eneral blacksmithin*? attended to- 
Horse shoeing made a specialty. Manufacturers of the best 
black land plows made in the county. Piping for machinery 
cut and fit to order, from 2 inches down t • \ inch. 

n 0. om 

^' RESTAURANT. 

Oyster and Ice Cream Parlors, 

West Avenue, Ennis, Texas. 

Meals at all hours. Ovsters aiul Ice Orenin in their seasoa. 
Has the only WAGOX YAUD in the city. 



■UrHIGGINBOTHAM & CO,, 

V V , Dealers in 

Farming Implements, 



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SIC a AS 



WAGONS, 

^PlowSj Sulky Plows 
^-Standard Vidtiva' 
_ tors, Mc Bride At- 
^" tachmentSf Barbed 
Wire, Cotton. Hoes, and all other tools 
that the farmers need. Reapers, Mowers, 
Hay Rakes, etc, 

ST ORE-^^~Main street, EJ^J^IS, Texas, 



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Y. GOLDSBOROUGH, 

General 

Commission Merchant, 

7y/////'s, Blli's Cori/ilj% 2e:vas. 



WiU make liberal advances on. COTTOJsT. 

CASH for Cotton Seed, Hid.es, Wool and 
all kinds of Grain, 

Receives, weiLilis anA skips Cotton. 

Waulh.»i si, and Cotton Yaud oppos-ite Ciroy'R Tjiimber Yard. 

Afain Street, 

t:,\\v/s. - - - rt:xAs. 



